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date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 19:48:06 +0200,
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Re: peak units
Hi,
From what you describe I think you have put task type as fixed duration.
In that case when work is les sthan planned in a period, since the duration
does not change, the remainder Work is spread out over the remaining time
period and units go up.
I've seen more than 5000% once..
I duration ever fixed?
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+32 495 300 620
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"vdz" wrote in message
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> Hello all,
>
> Can anybody please explain to me how peak units in resource usage get
> calculated? The idea is to use resource usage view for planning and
> monitoring hours resources have spent already (actual work) and are likely
> to spend (work) in the future and compare it with the original planning
> (baseline work). I thought 40 hours a week is taken as 100 % peak units.
> Therefore 32 hours would be 80% of peak units and so on..However, I seem
> to experience strange and unexplainable behaviour. For example, if
> planned/baselined work was 40 hours a week for a resource but he worked
> less hours, peak units for the coming weeks became 92% in first 3 weeks
> and then 106% in the week after. Or if somebody did not work for a month
> because of holiday, then the peak units in the coming four weeks became
> 127% and after that peak units are 112% without any obvious reason.
>
> I truly hope somebody out there can help.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Vera
>
>
>
date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 20:44:37 +0200
author: Jan De Messemaeker
Re: peak units
On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 19:48:06 +0200, vdz wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Can anybody please explain to me how peak units in resource usage get
> calculated? The idea is to use resource usage view for planning and
> monitoring hours resources have spent already (actual work) and are likely
> to spend (work) in the future and compare it with the original planning
> (baseline work). I thought 40 hours a week is taken as 100 % peak units.
> Therefore 32 hours would be 80% of peak units and so on..However, I seem to
> experience strange and unexplainable behaviour. For example, if
> planned/baselined work was 40 hours a week for a resource but he worked less
> hours, peak units for the coming weeks became 92% in first 3 weeks and then
> 106% in the week after. Or if somebody did not work for a month because of
> holiday, then the peak units in the coming four weeks became 127% and after
> that peak units are 112% without any obvious reason.
>
> I truly hope somebody out there can help.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Vera
Peak Units is not calculated, it's entered. It's the max no. of units of
the resource available at any given time. I.e. if I have 4 capenders
available to my project, peak units is 4. Can be expressed as units (4 in
this case) or percentage (400% in this case)
Hope this helps in your world.
date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 12:47:22 -0600
author: Dave
Re: peak units
Hi,
Sorry Dave, what you refer to is Max.Units
Peak units is the highest assignment unit during a certain period.
HTH
--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
+32 495 300 620
For availability check:
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
"Dave" wrote in message
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> On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 19:48:06 +0200, vdz wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Can anybody please explain to me how peak units in resource usage get
>> calculated? The idea is to use resource usage view for planning and
>> monitoring hours resources have spent already (actual work) and are
>> likely
>> to spend (work) in the future and compare it with the original planning
>> (baseline work). I thought 40 hours a week is taken as 100 % peak
>> units.
>> Therefore 32 hours would be 80% of peak units and so on..However, I seem
>> to
>> experience strange and unexplainable behaviour. For example, if
>> planned/baselined work was 40 hours a week for a resource but he worked
>> less
>> hours, peak units for the coming weeks became 92% in first 3 weeks and
>> then
>> 106% in the week after. Or if somebody did not work for a month because
>> of
>> holiday, then the peak units in the coming four weeks became 127% and
>> after
>> that peak units are 112% without any obvious reason.
>>
>> I truly hope somebody out there can help.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Vera
>
> Peak Units is not calculated, it's entered. It's the max no. of units of
> the resource available at any given time. I.e. if I have 4 capenders
> available to my project, peak units is 4. Can be expressed as units (4 in
> this case) or percentage (400% in this case)
>
> Hope this helps in your world.
date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 21:01:29 +0200
author: Jan De Messemaeker
Re: peak units
Peak units are an instantaneous measure. If a resource is assigned to 2
tasks at 100% each and those tasks overlap each other by even 1 minute, the
resource's peak units is 200%. In that 1 minute of time, he is expected to
produce 2 minutes worth of work. OR viewed another way, for 1 minute he is
expected to be in two places at once. The resource units only represent the
percentage of his calendar when viewed at a very superficial level. What
the percentage really means is the rate at which the resource is able to
convert time into work. An assignment of 100% means that for each hour of
time spent, 1 man-hour of work is achieved. An assignment of 50% means that
for each hour of time spent on the task, only 1/2 hour's worth of full-time
equivalent work is realized.
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Steve House [Project MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
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"vdz" wrote in message
news:48e50953$0$24400$5fc3050@news.tiscali.nl...
> Hello all,
>
> Can anybody please explain to me how peak units in resource usage get
> calculated? The idea is to use resource usage view for planning and
> monitoring hours resources have spent already (actual work) and are likely
> to spend (work) in the future and compare it with the original planning
> (baseline work). I thought 40 hours a week is taken as 100 % peak units.
> Therefore 32 hours would be 80% of peak units and so on..However, I seem
> to experience strange and unexplainable behaviour. For example, if
> planned/baselined work was 40 hours a week for a resource but he worked
> less hours, peak units for the coming weeks became 92% in first 3 weeks
> and then 106% in the week after. Or if somebody did not work for a month
> because of holiday, then the peak units in the coming four weeks became
> 127% and after that peak units are 112% without any obvious reason.
>
> I truly hope somebody out there can help.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Vera
>
>
>
date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 19:15:11 -0400
author: Steve House sjhouse at hotmail dot com
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