[kplato] Summary of Data Discussion

[bilbo]

On 18 Jun 2001, at 21:15, Chris Clarke wrote:

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> b) There is an extra definition in the resource detailing units and units 
> available.  e.g. my string is defined by hours per day, and it's limited to 
> max_hours_per_day (=5 here).  For any period [startdate, enddate]:
> 
>     extra_time = total_hours_required -
>                           ( (enddate - startdate) * max_hours_per_day )
> or
>     enddate = total_hours_required / max_hours_per_day + startdate
ObNitPick: Weekends? Is it even practicable to allow for holidays - 
probably this is a WIBNI (Wouldn't It Be Nice If.....)

> 
> Depending on the constraints we're placing (of course this is complicated by 
> spreading a single resource across multiple tasks and having to take the 
> float on each task into account so that the resource is not necessarily 
> spread evenly across days, but that's beyond the scope of this discussion).
How about having a contingency (confidence?) assignable to 
project, task, resource etc - that is every object with a time value. 
On an individual basis of course. This could be on a manhour or 
percentage basis and yet another report could compare the 
contingency of the project to the sum(?) of the components, just 
the critical path etc.

regards,
        Bill