

This percentage (the units value) is based on the availability shown in the resource calendar. You can specify 250% if two full-time resources and one half-time resource are working on this assignment. Specify 300% if three full-time equivalent resources are working on this assignment. Even if the resource is a full-time resource, some assignments may require only a part-time effort, leaving the remaining time available for another assignment. Specify 50% if the resource is spending half the available time on this assignment. Specify 100% if the resource is to work full-time on the assignment. Enter the information in the Units field.Īssignment units indicate how much of the resource's available time, according to the resource calendar, is being used to work on a particular task.

In the Task tab, click Information and then click the Resources tab. In the Resource tab, click on Assign Resources. You can indicate the level of effort for a work resource on a specific assignment in two places: Top of Page How do I use assignment units for work resources? By using a percentage for units instead of an hour value, project and task calculations remain accurate, even if the calendar changes. But if you've assigned a different base calendar to a resource or customized the resource calendar the maximum units value is based on that calendar instead. By default, the resource calendar is the Standard project calendar, which specifies a 40-hour work week.

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If you want to indicate that a resource group, such as three carpenters, will work on the project full time, type 300% in the Max. If the person works 8-hour days and has 75% of his or her time devoted to your project, her or she will be overallocated if any combination of assignments equals more than 6 hours (75%) of the available work day. If you want to indicate that only a part of a person's time is devoted to your project, type a number less than 100% in the Max. If the person works 8-hour days, he or she will be overallocated if any combination of assignments exceeds 8 hours (100%) of the available work day. If you want to indicate that all a person's time is devoted to your project, type 100% in the Max. Units field in a resource view to indicate whether the work resource is full time or part time on this project, or whether multiples of this resource are consolidated into one. Top of Page How do I use maximum units for work resources? Note: Cost resources, such as airfare or lodging, do not use units because they do not depend on depend on the amount of work performed. You also specify assignment units for material resources to indicate the quantity of material being used for the assignment. This total is used to calculate how much time a work resource can spend on each task assignment.Īssignment units When you want to specify how much of a work resource's time is dedicated to a specific task, you enter assignment units. Maximum units When you want to specify how much time a work resource has available for work on all tasks in a project, you specify maximum units in a resource view. There are two types of units in Project: maximum units and assignment units. Units indicate the percentage of a work resource's time that is assigned to a task. How do assignment units and calendars affect the schedule?

How do I use assignment units for material resources? How do I use maximum units for material resources? How do I use assignment units for work resources? How do I use maximum units for work resources? To account for these differences, Microsoft Project uses units to calculate the exact amount of time resources can work on a task. Sometimes a resource can only work part time. Sometimes it takes one resource to complete a task, but other times you need more.
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