PROJECT ADVANCED - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 2010

Course Overview

This course is designed for people who have a basic knowledge of Microsoft Project, either through the completion of the Basic course, or a working knowledge of the product. This course is useful to users of Microsoft Project to build on their current knowledge and expand on it.

Course Prerequisites

Microsoft Project Timeline and Task Management 2010 or equivalent

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RESOURCE POOLS

Create a Resource Pool

Why use Project?
Course Prerequisite
Resource Views
Enter Work Resources
Edit the Other Fields
Enter Materials Resources
Enter Cost Resources
View the Resource Information

RESOURCES ASSIGNED THROUGH THE PROJECT

Assigning Resources

The Assign Resources Dialog box
Assign Resources with Modified Calendars
Change the Calendar for a Resource
Assign at less than 100%
Assigning Multiple Resources to a Task
Assign a Resource to an Elapsed Time Task
Remove a Resource from a Task
Controlling Effort Driven Scheduling
Resource Driven Scheduling
Changing Task Types
Assign Materials Resources
Assign Cost Resources

WORKING WITH OVERALLOCATED RESOURCES

Level Overallocated Resources

Identifying Overallocated Resources
Automated Levelling
The Levelling Gantt
Clear Automatic Levelling
Fix an Overallocation using Resource Driven Scheduling
Methods of Manual Levelling/li>
Locate an Underallocated Resource
Substitute an Underallocated Resource
Separate the Tasks
Divide Time Between the Tasks
Split a Task

MANAGING COSTS

Resource Costs

Project Statistics
Fixed Costs for Tasks Revisited
Standard Rates for Resources
Overtime Rates for Resources
Cost per Use Resources
View the Cost for each Resource
Rate Increase Partway Through the Project
Using Different Rates for Different Tasks
The Baseline
A More Realistic Method of Tracking
Enter Work Details in the Task Form

RESOURCE POOLS

Sharing Resources

Create a Shared Resource Pool
Share the Resources to Other Projects
Assigning Shared Resources