RE: Asigning multiple resources with delay
- From: Haris Rashid <harisrashid2@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 05:26:00 -0700
In MS Project use the Resource Schedule View. This view lets you define the
dates when the resources start work on the tasks. In your scenario simply
define the date (5th day) when Bob joins Dave in coding.
Secondly you need to take into account the work involved. When Bob joins
Dave how much work would have been completed. Then define how they will share
the work, i.e., from 5th day onward how much work is allocated to Bob.
If Dave has to do 60h and Bob 20h then you will get the schedule
automatically calculated by MS project as 7.5 days. This considers that when
Bob joined Dave, Dave had done 50% of the work and the remaining was shared
50% each.
Kind regards,
--
Haris
http://www.manage-systems.com
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"batusek@xxxxxxxx" wrote:
> The question I have is quite common and appears in many variations on
> the internet, but I've never seen a satisfying answer. It must be
> something inherent in MS Project.
>
> Imagine I have two tasks:
>
> Design (estimated to 5 days of work)
> Coding (estimated to 10 days of work)
>
> I have two developers: Bob and Dave. I want Dave to start coding
> immediately. I want Bob to make the design first and when he is
> finished, to join Dave for coding and let them finish the task
> together.
>
> So I create two tasks in MS Project, let them be Fixed work (or
> effort-driven fixed units), enter the right durations. I create two
> resources, both available for 100%. Then I assign Bob to Design and
> Dave to Coding. Up to now, everything is OK and the Gantt chart is
> correct.
>
> Now, when I assign Bob to Coding, the task duration shrinks to 5 days,
> but Bob is overallocated for the first 5 days, which is undesirable.
> So, I move his start on the task by 5 days. (right click in the Task
> form-> Resource Schedule-> increment Delay). Bob's work is really moved
> by 5 days and the task duration is now again 10 days.
>
> BUT, that's not what I wanted. I wanted Bob and Dave working together
> at the task starting from the 6th day and finishing the job as early as
> possible, i.e. in 7.5 days.
>
> I was not able to do this anyhow in MS Project. To avoid any simple
> answer I will summarize here, what doesn't work:
>
> 1. Resource leveling - this just does the same as setting start date
> manually - moves Bob's work by 5 days
> 2. Setting Bob's delay immediately at assignment - the same effect
> 3. Changing task type - at least I didn't find any setting that fits my
> needs.
>
> It seems to me that anyone working with MS Project for more than 1 hour
> had to face this problem, since this occurs if:
> - a resource has holidays (task is not finished until he returns)
> - in various combinations of part time working resources, if their
> "part" are not available for the whole task durations
> - etc.
>
> If anyone can help me with this question, I would be very grateful.
>
>
.
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