Microsoft: Project 2013 Plain & Simple

Chapter 7. Assigning and managing resources

In this section:

• Creating work resources quickly in the Gantt Chart view

• Creating resources using the Resource Sheet

• Modifying resources

• Entering resource holidays

• Assigning a single work resource to a task

• Adjusting the work, duration, and assignment units for a task

• Assigning material resources to a task

• Assigning cost resources to a task

• Resolving overallocated resources using the Task Inspector

• Deleting resources

Resources are required in order to complete tasks on projects, and once resources are defined, they need to be assigned to tasks. There are three resource types: work, material, and cost. Work resources are used to track work and its related cost, material resources are used to track the materials ...