Documentation Error with Resource Scheduling Methods
PSS ID Number: Q71118 Article last modified on 11-16-1994
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WINDOWS
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| - Microsoft Project for Windows, version 1.0 |
SUMMARY
Page 398 of the “Microsoft Project for Windows Reference” manual has a documentation error. There is a table that shows what happens to the duration of a task when you change the work for the resource that is assigned to the task. “Increase” and “Decrease” are listed in reverse order.
The table should read as follows:
If You Change the Units for And Units The Task Duration ————————— ——— —————–
A single resource driving Decrease Changes to the work per unit of the duration this resource
Increase Changes to the largest work per
unit of the resources assigned
One of multiple resources Decrease Changes to the work per unit of driving the duration this resource
Increase Does not change because other
resources drive the task
duration
A resource not driving the Decrease Changes to the largest work per task duration unit of the resources assigned
Increase Does not change because other
resources drive the task
duration
MORE INFORMATION
The table appears as follows in the “Microsoft Project for Windows Reference” manual:
A single resource driving Increase Changes to the work per unit of the duration this resource
Decrease Changes to the largest work per
unit of the resources assigned
One of multiple resources Increase Changes to the work per unit of driving the duration this resource
Decrease Does not change since other
resources drive the task
duration
A resource not driving the Increase Changes to the largest work per task duration unit of the resources assigned
Decrease Does not change since other
resources drive the task
duration
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Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1994.
