Different projects using the same resources
Don't put all your projects in 1 schedule, it becomes a mess. Instead, enter all your resources into 1 schedule without tasks, which is a socalled 'resource pool'. Give it a smart name like 'resource pool.mpp' for easy reference. Then create the tasks in other project files, 1 mpp per project. Link the project schedules to the resource pool by first opening the resource pool and the schedule which needs to use the pool, and then selecting tools>resource sharing> share resources...>use resources from> sellect the resource pool.mpp in the box. Pool takes precedence. To get an overview of all activities, you can look at the resource usage view in the resource pool. Alternatively create a master-schedule with links to the other projects, and look at the resource usage view from there |
