Académique Documents
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in Primavera P6 Professional
Rel 8.0 Ed 1
D72052GC10
Edition 1.0
February 2011
1
Creating Roles
Objectives
Project Manager
Project Manager Project Manager
Tim Harris
Labor (people)
● Resources and roles
● Measured in units of time.
● Generally re-used between activities/projects.
● Recorded in terms of price/unit (for example,
$50/hour).
Nonlabor (equipment)
● Measured in units of time.
● Recorded in terms of price/unit (for example,
$500/hour).
Material (consumables)
● Measured in units other than time (for example,
$5/sq.ft.).
Question
● Linear
○ Resource assignment work is automatically spread evenly, or
linearly, over the duration of an activity.
● Non-linear
○ Work is not distributed evenly.
5-day activity
Plumber Linear 8h 8h 8h 8h 8h
10-day activity
Resource Resource M T W T F M T W T F
Duration
Carpenter 1 40h 8h 8h 8h 8h 8h
10-day activity
Resource Resource M T W T F M T W T F
Curve
Carpenter Back-loaded 4h 4h 6h 6h 6h 10h 10h 10h 12h 12h
Schedule Activity A
Activity B
16
Resource
Allocation
Rose Danner 8h/d Max 8
Resource
Units/Time limit line
0
June 1-5 June 8-12 June 15-19 June 22-26 June 29 - July 6-10
July 3
Handling Resource Conflict
(After Resource Leveling)
Schedule Activity A
Activity B
16
Resource
Allocation
8
Rose Danner 8h/d Resource
Max Units/Time limit line
0
June 1-5 June 8-12 June 15-19 June 22-26 June 29 - July 6-10
July 3
Resource Leveling in P6 Professional
Project Manager
Project Manager Project Manager
Tim Harris
Assign by role:
● At least one role must be assigned to an activity.
● Replace role assignment with a specific resource.
● Replace single role assignments individually or multiple role
assignments simultaneously.
Assign directly from the resource dictionary:
● Labor resources without role assignments.
● Required method when assigning nonlabor and material
resources.
Steps for Resource Management
2. Assign resource to
activities.