Assigning resources to a schedule

You can use Schedule Manager to add resources to your schedule. Once this is done, you assign resources to individual schedule tasks.

Resources (users, groups, roles, resource pools, and disciplines) are assigned to work on the projects. The Schedule Membership dialog box allows you to assign resources to a schedule, building a resource team that you can use to assign to individual tasks when you create your project schedule.

The advantages of adding resources at this stage of the process are:

• Making sure that the resource pool contains the resources needed to accomplish your task.
• Assigning participation levels for each resource.
• Increasing the accuracy of your schedule.
• Knowing ahead of time whether resources are available for your team.