Resource Loading across projects

Robert Poddar

Hi, 

 

I have a situation wherein a developer is working across 3 projects, with his loading being:

 

1. Project1 - 50%

2. Project2 - 25%

3. Project3 - 25%

 

When i plan his task for Project1, i need to ensure that he is only 50% and accordingly the duration for the task needs to be calculated. Is there any method where i can acheive this? 

 

thanks 

Robert.

ruiovaz

Hi

 

If you have resourse management on, I think you can control what you want via the Allocation % column:

 

 

Hope it helps

 

Rui

Robert Poddar

Hi Ruiovaz, 

 

Thanks for your inputs. Can you please help to provide some more info on how to achieve this? In the Resource Management tab, i select "Allocation %". Should i create a new column "Allocated Bandwidth" and assign this column to the "Allocation %"?

Assuming that i mention 50% for a resource X, then when i enter the duration for a task as 1 day, does Smartsheet automatically change the duration to 2d?

thanks

Robert 

 

ruiovaz

Hi Robert

You can assign any numerical % column to "Allocation %" column. Smarsheet will show you, in the dialog that I sent you, the column(s) that are eligible to the role. You can call it whatever you want.

As far as I know, Smartsheet does not handle effort driven tasks. So task duration does not relate with resource allocation.

Smartsheet will alert you when a resource is allocated more then 100% in several tasks.

For more information please read this article

https://help.smartsheet.com/articles/1346969-resource-management-allocation-team-enterprise-only-#allocation

Hope this helps

Rui