Adding Resources In Project 2007

[Fuzzy54]

I am somewhat new to MS project and have been stumbling through several issue but I have not been able to figure out how to add in a Resource like a work cell or production area to a task so that I can avoid double booking the resource location. I want to add this as a resource so I can then use the resource graphs to see the loading.

 

[JulieInMaine]

You can create resources by going to the Resource Sheets view and adding needed resources there. The only type (work, material, cost) resource that Project looks at for overallocation - or double booking - is a work resource.

 

[Fuzzy54]

Julie, that is consistent with what I have found but what I would like to do is have a task that has fixed work of say 40 hours, with "worker 1" assigned to the task, and a work location of "lab" assigned to the task. When I try to do this using work resources for both the worker and the work location draw from the 40 hours and the duration changes to 2.5 days instead of 5 days.

 

[JulieInMaine]

Ensure the task is not effort driven when you assign the second resource. If you are going to be using Lab+Worker(s) consistently you may wish to change all of your tasks to non-effort driven. Select all tasks, in the Project menu choose Task Information. Select the Advanced tab and de-select the check box for Effort Driven. Now if you assign more workers (or the lab) to the task the duration will not decrease - Project will just calculate the work for each added worker.