Project 2016 Intermediate

Lesson – Assigning Costs

Project 2016

Steps

Practice Data

1. Select the Ovt. Rate field for the desired resource.

For the 16 Backhoe Operator resource click the Ovt. Rate field

The Ovt. Rate field for the resource is selected.

2. Enter the overtime rate and, if

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applicable, include a forward slash (/) and the unit of time. The rate appears in the Ovt. Rate field.

3. Press [Enter] .

Press [Enter]

The overtime rate and unit appear in the Ovt. Rate field for the selected resource.

Practice the Concept: Assign the following overtime rates to the work resources listed:

ID

Resource Name

Ovt. Rate

17

Superintendent

35.00/hr

18

Phone Technician

45.00/hr

19

Cable Specialist

27.00/hr

A SSIGNING A P ER -U SE C OST TO A R ESOURCE

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Discussion

Assign a per-use cost to both work resources and material resources. However, the per-use cost is calculated differently for each resource type. The per-use cost is added to the sum of the other resource charges, such as standard rate and fixed resource costs, for a resource cost total.

For work resources, the per-use cost is added one time for each unit of a work resource assigned to any task. For example, assign a per-use cost of $50 to the Plumber resource. If two plumbers are assigned to a task, the total per-use cost is

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