Chapter 7
Creating Resources
In This Chapter
Understanding work and material resources
Creating resources to complete your project
Setting resource availability
Benefitting from resource groups and shared resources
Projects utilize people, equipment, and materials, and these people, equipment, and materials are the project resources.
Using resources wisely is the delicate art of combining the right resource with the right skills and assigning that resource to invest the right amount of time (or units) for tasks. And you have to do this without overbooking anyone at any point in the schedule.
A resource, because it affects timing and costs, is a big deal in Project. For this reason, many tools are available to help you create resources, specify how and when they’ll work, assign them to tasks, manage their costs, and manipulate their workload. The first step in working with resources is to create them and enter certain information about them. That’s what this chapter is all about.
Resources: People, Places, and Things
Many people hear the word resources and think that it means people. ...
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