ajrichardson
2006-08-02, 01:48 AM
Typically when I'm laying out a project I'll put in the weeks, then add the resources afterward. Usually I have a good idea how many people will be working on a given activity, and it's rarely just one, but I take that into account when I'm creating the durations.
I would really prefer if OP would ask me if I want to increase budget or reduce duration when adding more than one resource to a task. Currently it chops the duration by half (or whatever), and that messes up the durations and I have to go back and manually change them back. Or perhaps there is a preference setting that does this globally?
Besides, we all know that throwing two people at a task doesn't necessarily drop its time in half :o And in some cases it doesn't affect it at all: For example, one task that we do a lot is reviewing videos from ethnographic in-home visits as part of our research. It takes the same amount of time to review those tapes whether it's one person or three, but it's good practice to have all the people on the team review the tapes so they see the customer input first hand.
Adam
I would really prefer if OP would ask me if I want to increase budget or reduce duration when adding more than one resource to a task. Currently it chops the duration by half (or whatever), and that messes up the durations and I have to go back and manually change them back. Or perhaps there is a preference setting that does this globally?
Besides, we all know that throwing two people at a task doesn't necessarily drop its time in half :o And in some cases it doesn't affect it at all: For example, one task that we do a lot is reviewing videos from ethnographic in-home visits as part of our research. It takes the same amount of time to review those tapes whether it's one person or three, but it's good practice to have all the people on the team review the tapes so they see the customer input first hand.
Adam