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Old 06-25-2010, 02:23 AM
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What is the primary difference of Roles and Resources (in terms of fuction) in P6. Which is higher of the two?

Ruel
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Old 06-26-2010, 11:04 AM
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Hi Tantarado,
A role im P6 is a JOB, a resource is the "PERSON WHO PERFORMS" the job.
Example of roles: engineer, project manager, architect, etc.....
You usually assign roles to activities early in the project if you havent determined yet WHO will perform the activity. Later, you replace the roles with the resources you decided to allocate.

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Old 06-27-2010, 05:55 PM
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@Ali,

Based in your reply; a roles could ba a crew and resources are the crew members.

How about if i needed to add material resources?

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Old 07-01-2010, 06:29 AM
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No...An "Engineer" is a role, "John Smith" is a Resource who can play the Role "Engineer"
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Old 07-01-2010, 06:05 PM
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Thanks for the insight.

Now how can i add material resources? the unit of measure for this is in areas, nos and volumes, will it not be in conflict with the labor resources since it's unit of measure is in hours?

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Old 07-03-2010, 12:40 PM
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Quote from Tantarado View Post:
Thanks for the insight.

Now how can i add material resources? the unit of measure for this is in areas, nos and volumes, will it not be in conflict with the labor resources since it's unit of measure is in hours?

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Roles can be only assigned to LABOR resources...you can not assign roles to material resources
an activity can have one, two or any number of resources with any type. there will be no conflict with labor resources.
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