piedpiper11
Technical User
I'm using MS Project Pro 2013 and am fine tuning the cash flow of a project, where I'm having trouble getting the costs to span the project duration. In particular, I have a task, let's call it "Balance of System", which has multiple resources assigned. The largest one (90% of the total for this task) is a cost-resource - let's call it "SW BOS Budget". I've assigned that resource to be Prorated in the Resource Sheet. I want that cost item to be spread out over 3 or 4 months. When I first looked at Resource Usage page after creating the task, the cost was showing up in the Resource Usage table all bunched up in a single month (the same as it's starting date), even though the task duration was 3 months long. Clicking into the Assignment Information box, I found that the Start and Finish dates were BOTH the same as the Task start date. I can manually change the Assignment end date to be 3 or 4 months out. But now it seems like the cost is locked on those specific dates - EVEN IF the Task dates change and move or compress or expand. I'd think Project would allow the task to determine the beginning and end points of a prorated Resource cost. Am I wrong? I have one other (small) cost resource in the same task, along with a small amount of work assigned to a work-resource. Could that be confusing things? Every time I adjust the task's duration, I also change the work units/day to keep the amount of work consistent, so I can't imagine why that would make a difference.
Scott
Scott