sandgroper
Wed Aug 29 00:50:31 CDT 2007
Dave, Jim - thanks for this. Both options do help. It does prove that the
resource data in the four donor plans is incomplete - others need to be
chased up about that.............
The only issue with the Dave FAQ answer is that when you select names from
the list above there is a limit on how many you can select at once. Didn't
check what the limit is but of course lower than what I wanted.
I tried all this with MSP 2007; our Co has now seen the light and upgraded
"Dave" wrote:
>
http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm is the FAQ page and number 38 shows how
> to create this graph.
>
> As an aside, the summary line of the Task Usage view shows the total
> work for the project which is another aspect you were alluding to.
>
> sandgroper wrote:
> > Jim,
> >
> > Thanks for this. Not sure it answers the question though. Or maybe I didn't
> > quite ask the right question.
> >
> > There are currently 6 files altogether. The four mentioned plus the resource
> > pool file plus a Master file. In every case - unless I am doing something
> > wrong - when I look at resources I do see the complete view as reflected
> > through the resource pool. So I can see that Fred is at 58% this week and
> > 120% next week etc etc over time for Fred and likewise for the other poeple
> > in the Dept.
> >
> > This in itself is useful to the Dept Mgr because we can see the peaks and
> > troughs in people's workload. Obviously this helps with workload balancing.\
> >
> > But what I would ideally like to be able to do is have a Resource Graph for
> > the whole Dept so I can see a bar graph over time showing the collective load
> > on the whole Dept. A text style report would be OK too but not as visually
> > clear. The market for this info is senior mgmnt so I figure the graph style
> > might have more impact.
> >
> > Either way what I'm looking for is really a resource histogram for the whole
> > project rather than just individuals. And just to make it slightly harder
> > there are a couple of resources I would want to exclude from the data since
> > they are tasks for individual client reviews.
> >
> > Any help much appreciated thanks
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Jim Aksel" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Insert all the projects into a master project file. Then use the resource
> >>view of your choice. All programs in the master file are included.
> >>--
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> >>
> >>Jim
> >>It''s software; it''s not allowed to win.
> >>
> >>Visit
http://project.mvps.org/ for FAQs and more information
> >>about Microsoft Project
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>"sandgroper" wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>I have four plans sharing a resource pool. These four plans reflect the
> >>>entire workload of many small project for an entire dept in our Company.
> >>>Although I can see the resource loading for individual resources what I want
> >>>to be able to do is see the overall aggregated loading for the entire
> >>>resource pool. In this way I would see the total workload for the Dept over
> >>>time.
> >>>Does anybody know how to do this?
> >>>Thanks
>