TABLE OF CONTENTS During the planning stage, Roles may be assigned to Activities to gain an understanding of the resources requirements at an early stage of a project and replaced by a Resource when it is known who will be undertaking the work. A Resource may be assigned:
Directly to an Activity, or
To a Role which has been assigned to an Activity.
There are three types of resources, Labor, Nonlabor and Material, and as discussed in the previous chapter, a Labor Resource has additional functionality including Overtime, Resource Calendars and user-defined Autocost rules. The Labor and Nonlabor resources are similar to the Microsoft Project Work Resources. A Material resource is similar to Microsoft Project Material Resources.
Primavera Version 5.0 also has a function titled Expenses, where costs may be assigned to activities without resources. This is similar to the Costs function in Microsoft Project but with far more functionality.
This chapter will cover the following topics:
Understanding Resource Calculations and Terminology
Project and Activity Workspace Resource and Role Preferences
Details Status Form
Activity Types and Duration Types
Assigning and Removing Roles and Assigning Resources
Resource and Activity Duration Calculation and Resource Lags
Expenses
Suggested Setup for Assigning Resources
| Topic | Menu Commands |
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| Select Edit, User Preferences to open the User Preferences form and select the Time Units tab and Ca lculations tab. |
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