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Hi,
Does anyone know how to assign a resource for a period in the middle of a task?
I have a number of tasks that are say 10 weeks long, however I would like to assign different resources to the first 4 weeks the middle 2 weeks and the last 6 weeks but cant work out how this can be achieved. I assign the resources as non modelled as I do not want them effecting the duration of the task.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Hi Chris,
Mike and Paul give good advice on why not to do this, and on other ways of acheiving the same. But for reference, you can have a resource allocation in Powerproject of a different duration to the task. It can be as simple as modifying the length of the resource allocation bar as if it was a task (click on the end of the bar and drag left or right).
Powerproject does however also have a full non-linear resource allocation feature, which is the last tab of information on the resource allocation properties menu (right-click on the resource allocation bar). See the help file for more details.
Oh - and check out the resource usage view, for an editable grid-like window under the bar chart showing where resources are working!
Ben @ Powerproject
Multiple Tasks on one line will do this.
Regards
Paul E Harris
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Managing Director and President
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Multiple Tasks on one line will do this.Regards
Paul E Harris
BSc Hons, Certified Cost Engineer, PRINCE2 Practitioner
Managing Director and President
Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd, Australia
http://www.eh.com.au , http://www.primavera.com.au and http://eastwoodharris.com.
Project Control Consultants and Planning and scheduling software book and training material publishers
Hi Chris
You can split the tasks into sections using the Split Task option.
Then you can add resources to each section
Make sure that they are logic linked.
Better stiil set up different tasks for each section - 10 weeks is too long - 10 days is more realistic.
Best regards
Mike Testro
Email: PPadmin@planningplanet.com
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