PRJ98: Work Assigned Disproportionately with Multiple Resources
Article ID: 173170
Article Last Modified on 1/20/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q173170
SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project 98, when you assign multiple resources to a task that has been assigned work greater than what one resource can do in the duration period, the work assignments are not distributed evenly. For example, if you assign four resources to a single task, which has been assigned 16 hours of work, the first resource will be assigned 6.4 hours of work and the remaining resources will be assigned 3.2 hours of work each.
CAUSE
This problem occurs because the resources are assigned using
Effort Driven scheduling. The first resource is assigned the full amount of work with units greater than 100%. (In the example described in the "Symptoms" section, the first resource is assigned 200% of the work units.) Then, the remaining resources are assigned with the default 100% units and the amount of work is distributed reflecting the ratio of units.
For more information about
Effort Driven scheduling, click the
Office Assistant, type
Effort Driven scheduling, click
Search, and then click to view
Effort-driven scheduling.
NOTE: If the
Assistant is hidden, click the
Office Assistant button on the
Standard toolbar. If Project 98 Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
120802 Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office Program or Component
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft
Project listed above.
Keywords: kbbug kbpending kbusage KB173170