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eskirjeh
Oct 07, 2021Copper Contributor
Creating Manpower Schedule using Project
Hello all, first time posting a question here and i appreciate any help! So, my company wants to use microsoft project not to track task durations or schedule, but to assign manpower (employees p...
Oct 08, 2021
eskirjeh --
In the Resource Usage view, right-click anywhere in the timephased grid on the right side of the view, and select the Detail Styles item on the shortcut menu. In the Detail Styles dialog, click the Work item in the list on the right and then click the Hide button to remove the Work row. In the list of available fields on the left side of the dialog, select the Peak Units field and then click the Show button. Click the OK button to close the dialog and apply the changes to the timephased grid. The Peak Units row will show you the manpower needed for each role by time period, where 100% represents one full-time worker, 200% represents two full-time workers, etc. Hope this helps.
In the Resource Usage view, right-click anywhere in the timephased grid on the right side of the view, and select the Detail Styles item on the shortcut menu. In the Detail Styles dialog, click the Work item in the list on the right and then click the Hide button to remove the Work row. In the list of available fields on the left side of the dialog, select the Peak Units field and then click the Show button. Click the OK button to close the dialog and apply the changes to the timephased grid. The Peak Units row will show you the manpower needed for each role by time period, where 100% represents one full-time worker, 200% represents two full-time workers, etc. Hope this helps.