Understanding the Work Formula
As described previously in this chapter, Project uses assignment units as a multiplier to calculate how much work it must schedule. When you assign two carpenters (200%) to work on a task with a duration of 4 hours, Project schedules 2 hours of work for each of the 4 hours of duration. The total work is therefore 8 hours.
The formula for calculating work is as follows:
In symbols, it is represented as follows:
That is, you multiply the task duration by the assigned units to calculate work.
NOTE
These formulas ...
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