Standard Work Details dialog

You use the Standard Work Details dialog to view and maintain details of the standard work period that you selected on the Standard Work tab of the Permanent Resource Properties dialog.

To access the Standard Work Details dialog, select a period of standard work on the Standard Work tab of the Permanent Resource Properties dialog and click the Details button.

Field Description
Resource The name of the permanent resource to which the standard work is assigned.
Standard work Select the type of standard work you want to assign to the resource. Only those types of standard work that are currently marked as being 'active' appear in the hierarchical list.
Given start Specify the date and time on which the standard work period begins.
Given finish Specify the date and time on which the standard work period finishes.
Duration Enter the duration of the standard work period.
Type

Specify whether you want the standard work to be calculated as:

  • Work percent - the resource spends a percentage of the specified time on the standard work. For example, a resource may spend 20% of the time on Administration standard work, or 100% of the time on a hospital appointment.
  • Effort per resource - if the amount of time spent on standard work depends on the number of resources assigned to a task. For example, if each resource spends 1 hour inputting data, if you assign 1 resource to a task, only 1 hour is occupied by data entry; if you assign 50 resources to a task, 50 hours are occupied by data entry.
  • Fixed effort - if a fixed amount of time is spent on standard work regardless of the number of resources assigned to a task. For example, half a day could be spent on stock control whether you assign 5 or 25 resources to the task.
Percentage If the standard work is calculated as a percentage of time, enter the percentage of the resource's time that they spend on standard work in the period.
Effort If the standard work is calculated as a fixed amount of time or as effort per resource, enter the amount of time that a resource spends on standard work in the period.
Actual The amount of standard work that has been completed.
Remaining The amount of standard work that remains to be completed.
Progress period When entering an actual amount of standard work, specify the progress period in which the standard work was carried out.
Notes Enter any explanatory notes relating to the standard work.

How do I...

  1. Select the type of standard work you want to assign to the resource in the Standard work field.
  2. Enter the date and time on which the standard work begins in the Given start field.
  3. Enter the date and time on which the standard work finishes in the Given finish field; alternatively, enter the duration of the standard work in the Duration field.
  4. In the Type field, specify the way in which you want the standard work to be calculated.
  5. Enter an amount in the Percentage or Effort field (depending on the way in which the standard work is calculated).
  6. Enter any explanatory notes relating to the standard work in the Notes column.

Related Topics:

Working with dialogs

Assigning standard work to permanent resources

Displaying resources' standard work in the spreadsheet