Re: Swapping Resources ?

Hi Julie,

Sure that makes sense but if Mike is replaced by Jim and both Mike and Jim
are shown as resources, it gets confusing as to which resource is incurring
cost upon the task even though in this case it would now be applied to Jim
and no longer to Mike.

I think the fundamental thing to recognize is that once a resource is
assigned, they will continue to be available for work on the task although
they may or may not be continuously used. As such, the Resource Usage view
must be examined to see who is currently working on the task.

Is my interpretation of this correct?

Thanks,
Glenn

"JulieS" wrote:

Hi Glenn,

If you've recorded 1 day of actual work for Jim, Project will retain
that actual work, so both will show as being assigned in the Assign
Resources dialog box.

Try looking at the Task Usage view to see what is going on -- you'll
see Jim's work for 1 day and Mike assigned to the remaining 9 days.
If you record more actual work, it will be added to Mike as you
replaced Jim with Mike.


I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

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"Glenn" <Glenn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Julie,

When I replace Jim with Mike, both Jim and Mike are now shown in
the Assign
Resources dialog as being checked. None the less, if I now add an
additional
day of Actual Work, costs are added only for Mike.

After replacing Jim with Mike, shouldn't Jim's name no longer be
listed as a
resource for the task with Mike being the only resource listed
from this
point forward?

thanks,
glenn

"JulieS" wrote:

Hi Glenn,

Try using the Assign Resources button. After recording the 1 day
of
actual work from Jim, select the task and click the Assign
Resources
button. Select Jim's name in the dialog and click the Replace
button. Select Mike's name click Ok and close. Jim still has
the 1
day of actual work and the remaining work (72 hours) is assigned
to
Mike.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional
information about Microsoft Project

"Glenn" <Glenn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi all,

I have 2 resources, Jim and Mike.

Mike makes $20/hr and Jim makes $40/hr. The work for my task
is
10days. If
I assign Jim to the resource and let him work 1day, I will have
9days of work
remaining.

If I then remove Jim and assign Mike to the task, I get a
dialog
box stating
"The Selected Item has some actual values. Do you still want
to
delete it?
Yes, No. If I select Yes, it removes the work that Jim did in
lieu of
placing Mike on the job with 9days of remaining work which I
believe should
be the expected behaviour.

What am I missing?
Glenn








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