Role

You can structure role usage by clicking the menu item Start > Outline > Structure using the following criteria:

  • Role -> Project

  • Project -> Role

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Role

Applications for the Role usage view:

  • Display of the project’s demand for roles in the project.

  • Ressource allocation from the perspective of roles.

  • Calculation of the usage of every single role.

  • Calculation of the total efforts and total costs of every single role.

  • Calculation of the FTE of every single role.

  • Visualisation of the roles allocation in activities.

You can use the Role usage view for the following:

  • Assign selected activities to a role.

  • Analyse the role usage by means of filter settings.

  • Change the timescale.

  • Quick access to the resource pool.

Additional columns in the table

To switch on additional columns in the table, click the Tab format for a selected view.

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Context menu in the Role usage view

  • Show maximum usage per unit of the time – the maximum required number of personnel resources for each of the roles / qualifications per day, week, etc.

  • Show average usage per unit of the time – the average required number of personnel resources for each of the roles / qualifications per day, week, etc.

  • Show effort per unit of the time – planned effort in employee hours (or employee days, respectively) per day, week, etc.