Resource Pools

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Resource Pools

• Shawn Bauer
• Project Expert Team

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Introduction

• Slides, with questions and screen shots,
  available on website
• http//www.mpugphx.org
• Time is limited questions may be deferred until
  end of presentation
• Questions may also be submitted from the
  MPUG-Phoenix website

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Resource Management

• Overlapping Projects
• Resources organized by functional area
• Workload Forecasting

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Resource Pool

• Share resources across multiple projects
• Identify conflicts between assignments in
  different projects
• Centralize resource Information

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Definitions

• Sharing File each project that uses resources
  from the resource pool
• Precedence File order in which resource
  information is used

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How It Works

• Resource File
• Project File (sharing file)
• Precedence
• Data Synchronization

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Demonstration

• Create pool
• Share pool with second project
• Evaluate resource overallocation
• Modify resources
• In pool
• In project
• Disconnect projects

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Resources

• MS Project online help
• MS Project website
• http//www.microsoft.com/project
• MPUG-Phoenix website
• http//www.mpugphx.org
• See a Project Expert Team member or email your
  question
• expert_at_mpugphx.org

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Questions?