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Hours assigned to Resources
I have assigned a resource (with 3% units) to a task which has a duration of 3 months. When I generate a work report and see resource usage across two months, looks like the resource is working more ...
John-project There was just one task which was not flat, and I changed that. Other than that, rest all were flat. But I think that issue looks resolved.
I have been building this plan for the last few months, but it mostly captured linkages, costs, ownership (in the resource column) etc. We recently decided to understand effort levels and accordingly put % for each owner based on how much time they would be spending on that task. During this process we added/removed names for multiple tasks. I have been using elapsed time, since it helped get more accurate estimates when dealing with longer time periods (weeks, 10s of months), and the default calendar is the standard calendar.
I'm okay with a 24 hr work level show for a 1 eday task. However, I'm getting different hours for the same amount of Units (%). I basically need to make sure 100% is 24 hrs (in elapsed time), 50% is 12 hrs, etc. across all tasks. I can then work from there on. Is there a fix for this
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I have been building this plan for the last few months, but it mostly captured linkages, costs, ownership (in the resource column) etc. We recently decided to understand effort levels and accordingly put % for each owner based on how much time they would be spending on that task. During this process we added/removed names for multiple tasks. I have been using elapsed time, since it helped get more accurate estimates when dealing with longer time periods (weeks, 10s of months), and the default calendar is the standard calendar.
I'm okay with a 24 hr work level show for a 1 eday task. However, I'm getting different hours for the same amount of Units (%). I basically need to make sure 100% is 24 hrs (in elapsed time), 50% is 12 hrs, etc. across all tasks. I can then work from there on. Is there a fix for this
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The only reason an assignment would not have a flat work contour is if the user manually edited the work, so there must be more to the story than is being revealed.
It sounds like you've done a lot of massaging on the plan and that can always result in unexpected behavior. I'm not sure how using elapsed time would help get more accurate estimates. Using elapsed time shows work planned over non-working days but that conflicts with a resource whose base work calendar is the Standard (i.e. working days, not elapsed days). Accurate estimates are achieved when a plan is laid out according to how it will be performed. If indeed you need a 7-day workweek, then create a custom calendar for that and set that as the Project calendar. Elapsed days in the Duration field are best used for tasks that do not have resources assigned.
Unfortunately the screen shots you attached do not show the fields and timescaled details I requested. Perhaps it would be better if you could send me your file so I could see what I need to see. My address is below. I will ask some questions.
John
jmacprojataticlouddotdotcom
(remove obvious redundancies)
It sounds like you've done a lot of massaging on the plan and that can always result in unexpected behavior. I'm not sure how using elapsed time would help get more accurate estimates. Using elapsed time shows work planned over non-working days but that conflicts with a resource whose base work calendar is the Standard (i.e. working days, not elapsed days). Accurate estimates are achieved when a plan is laid out according to how it will be performed. If indeed you need a 7-day workweek, then create a custom calendar for that and set that as the Project calendar. Elapsed days in the Duration field are best used for tasks that do not have resources assigned.
Unfortunately the screen shots you attached do not show the fields and timescaled details I requested. Perhaps it would be better if you could send me your file so I could see what I need to see. My address is below. I will ask some questions.
John
jmacprojataticlouddotdotcom
(remove obvious redundancies)
- Thanks John. I'm not sure if your address had two 'dots'. Anyway, I figured the issue. My hours were changing because of chopping and changing of my durations and resource allocations. If I delete the resource allocation cells and then paste again, it gets realigned as desired. Thanks for your help!