Max units vs. tasks with specific resource availability

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Hi!

I have described my problem here:
http://www.positivistene.org/2008/01/14/MSProjectAndResources.aspx

(sorry for the introduction on the case).

My main concern is that the developer's "non-productive-work" is
ignored in the project, and therefor the project when initiated is
already wrong. Programmers do not work 100% 37,5 hours a week, they
work closer to 75%.

But does this mean that an initial 10 hour assignment is going to be
completed in 12.5 hours, or will it take almost two full days calendar
time rather than a bit more than one.

I did a small test in project. In the resource view I created 3
developers working 65%, 50% and 100%. I then created an "implementation
phase" and a "test phase" - I gave the developers 20 tasks to carry out
- amount of work everything from 2h to 35h.

The result? Project uses my % input, but not for calculation in any
way. In theory (I believe) my 50% working developer _should_ spend 1.5
weeks calendar time on set of tasks making out 37.5 hours (1 work
week). But project ignores this fully and says that this well start on
monday and be complete following friday.

So my quesion is; how do I make sure that project uses the "max units"
that I set and places a task over the actual available time, instead of
how it now works, basically just ignoring it fully?


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