Forum Discussion
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 hours in the initial weeks and then this tapers off. Is there a reason why this may be happening? I would want the resource to be employed equally across those 3 months.
- ashpandit9,
From your brief description it sounds like the resource's work is contoured but there are many factors that can influence how work is distributed over the duration.
A screen shot might be helpful but take a look at the Resource Usage view and add the Work Contour field as a column. If it shows "Front Loaded" then that's the answer explaining what you see. By default Work Contour is "Flat" meaning the assignment work is spread evenly over the full duration.
JohnThis was helpful John-project. I was able to check, and found the work contour as mostly 'Flat'. A bigger concern for me on closer evaluation is that for the same % units assigned to a resource for separate tasks, I see different hours in the work column. My current plan is ~2500 lines so I'm curious if there is a way to fix this? For example, if I mention 50% as the units for a task that lasts 10 edays, I want it to show 120 hours for all tasks which say 10 edays with 50% for one resource. Currently, this is different for some reason. Screenshot attached.
I like your term, "mostly flat". That might tell the whole story right there.
There are several factors that could influence what you show in the screen shot but without more information, I can only guess what might be causing the issue. For example, all your durations are in elapsed time, so what is your Project calendar? What is the base calendar of your resources?, Have you applied any task calendars? How exactly did you assign the resources?
I duplicated your example using the Standard calendar as the Project and resource Base Calendar. I assigned the resources via Resource > Assignments group > Assign Resources. This is the result as shown in the Resource Usage view. It would be helpful to see this same screen shot from your file including the field and details I show in my screen shot.
John
