You are the Microsoft Project Server administrator for your project. Diane, a project manager, approaches you about her project. She needs help in assigning tasks to resources. Her project has 59 project team members, consisting of twenty general laborers, ten framers, ten electricians, five plumbers, five carpenters, five general contractors, and four tile workers. She wants to create a way to assign a task to these groups of resources rather than individuals within these groups of workers. For example, she has a task in the project to “run CAT6 cable” that any electrician could complete. How can she solve this problem?
A.
Diane should create generic resources and assign the tasks to the generic resources.
B.
Diane should create groups based on skills and assign the task to the group.
C.
Diane should create a section of resources and assign the task to the section.
D.
Diane should create teams based on skills and assign the task to the team.
Explanation:
The best approach is to create a team based on common skills and assign the task to the team. Answer option B is incorrect. Groups are not used for this solution, as teams are better for task assignment.
Answer option C is incorrect. This is not a valid answer, as sections do not define resource teams and skills. Answer option A is incorrect. Generic resources represent skill sets rather than specific people. By assigning generic resources to tasks, a user can estimate how many resources he needs of each skill set for each time period of a project. Later, generic resources can be replaced with specific resources. Generic resources are used for staffing planning, not for the assignment of actual tasks.