Plan project assignments ahead with foresight even if you don't have estimates:
(Click to enlarge) | Let's now do the planning for all relevant resources and specific teams. Go to the Assignment Board. 1: Here you can find the filter that you previously created. 2: Create filters for all resources and specific teams as learned before. Keep in mind that you need to create an assignment first to see a project or resource in the filter selection boxes.
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(Click to enlarge) | Define a project assignment with "Distribute value in period" strategy. 1: An example: Tina Test works 50% (20 hours per week, 4 hours each day), in CW 24 she is on vacation. We want to distribute 56 hours work for her over the next 5 weeks. 2: Select 'Create assignment'.
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(Click to enlarge) | 1: Select the algorithm 'Distribute value in period', the algorithm will distribute the 56 hours according to her availability in this timeframe.
2: Select a project and the relevant resource (Tina Test in our example). 3: Select timeframe and the duration (next 5 weeks and 56 hours of work in our example). 4: Check availability. In our example Tina has a capacity of 100 hours (5 weeks of 20 hours). Considering her planned absence times the availability is 72 hours:
5: Save and review the result. |
(Click to enlarge) | Fine tune weekly assignments for a project directly in the board. Some examples: 1: Solve conflicts: e.g. here Paul Planner's and Tina Test's plannings need to be reduced for the D&D Consulting project. 2: Postpone assignment: Ted Cody needs to start a week later with Interface development. Check complete weekly assignments for a project (1+2). |
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