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Assigning resources to tasks

Assigning resources to tasks - Microsoft Project Tutorial

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Assigning resources to tasks

Your project schedule doesn't come into focus until you assign resources to tasks. How many resources you assign, their work schedule and availability all affect how long tasks take. Project offers several methods for assigning resources to tasks. The Gantt Chart view with the entry table is great for simple assignments. So here is the Gantt Chart view. I'm going to widen the table so I can see the Resource Names column. Now when you use this view it's a good idea to turn off the summary tasks, and that way you just see the work tasks that you want to assign the resources to. So go to the Format tab, turn off the Summary Tasks checkbox, and now here are the work tasks that we want to assign resources to. So I want to assign a resource to this first task, Identify physical requirements. So I click the Resource Names cell, click the down arrow, in this case turn on the checkbox for the Relo PM. Then when I press Enter the assignment is made. One of the great things about this method is…

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