BUS. PROJECT MANAGEMENT - Professor Fred Pentney. Supplement WK. P. of

Microsoft Project-following the case in Gido and Clements- “The Consumer Market Study” = Resources

Use this category for making up your project estimates.

Select Resources Sheet from side menu or View

Resource name: Name your resource. Remember that items that can be given a daily, weekly monthly rate use the WORK category. People, rooms, equipment.

Items that are consumed are given a MATERIAL category. Gasoline, paper, food

Material label: Value

Initials: Short form of the Resource name.

Group: Defines group of resources e.g. Subcontractors, Management, Union related, Think in terms of being able to find this resource later on through a search.

Max. Units: Two trucks would be entered as 200%. Two people as 200%

Std. Rate: The charge per day, per units, for a Resource. Enter day as d.; month as m.

Ovt. Rate: As above but increased

Cost/Use: One time cost for a single use of a resource. Flat fee-visit to a Doctor, car rental

Accrue As: Will the cost be assigned in the same way that the resource has been assigned to a tasks fro the start of the project, the end of the project or as the item is used.

Base Calendar: When is the resource available? A separate calendar may be made up for each Group of resources

More to follow as interest expressed by students. Suggest Use MS XL spreadsheets for expenese if you don't want to learn all of the above.

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