Microsoft Project Allocating Resources to Tasks

Allocating Resources to Tasks

Once the resources have been set up they can allocated to the tasks that they need to do. This can be done in several different ways. But before the resources are allocated to the tasks, the project manager needs to decide what sort of information needs to be extracted.

Is it:

Who is doing what task. Or

How much work is each person doing on each task they are working on.

If it is just a name required against the task, then the resources are allocated by just specifying who is doing which task, but if the work is required (or the resource cost), then the effort needs to be specified as well.

The resources are allocated on a task view, such as the Gantt Chart.

Allocating in the Task Sheet

The resources can be added to the resources on the task sheet by

1.     Select into the cell in the resource names column

2.     Click on the drop down arrow

3.     Choose from the list of resources

If multiple resources need to be added then the names need to be separated by commas