Re: Zero Resource contribution to a task

From: John Beamish (jlbeamishAThotmailDOTcom)
Date: 02/19/04


Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 17:14:20 -0500

You're actually trying to blend two tasks into one.

Task1: Do Stuff
Resource: Joe Pro

Task2: Learn how to Do Stuff
Resource: Newbie

This way each resource can track his/her work on his/her respective tasks.

JLB, PMP

On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 12:01:07 -0800, Conrad Santiago
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> What is the best way to show this situation?
>
> We are training a new resource, let's call him Newbie. He will be
> riding shotgun on a task assigned to an experienced resource, let's call
> him Joe Pro.
> I want to assign Newbie to the same task as Joe Pro, however, Newbies's
> contribution to the task will be nil. This way, it will show him
> scheduled on that task, but he won't be affecting the duration.
>
> What I did was assigned them both to the same task. However, I can't
> keep Newbie from affecting the duration, even though, he is set to 0%
> Units. I suppose I could double the work, however, that isn't true
> either.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks!
>
>

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