Resources module - Grid overview
The table below describes all the information presented on the resource grid. If you would like to hide excessive information use the View menu and uncheck the view options.
Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Summary row | Shows the sum of all the date available in selected time range. The information in this rows helps in assessing whether the total capacity is sufficient to start a new initiative. To do that, add the task with an estimate the the scope . |
Unassigned work | Show the sum of the unassigned work. |
| Allocation (workload) vs capacity | This indicator shows the amount of workload vs the capacity. When overallocation occurs it will change to red colour (allocation over 100%). When the workload is less than the capacity, it will be indicated with green (allocation >75%) or yellow (allocation between 75-100%). |
| Overall assignment | This feature can show all the tasks to which the resource is assigned which do not fit the Program's scope. Those tasks will be transparent and can not be reassigned or moved. This is a BigPicture Enterprise feature. |
| Capacity | The availability of a resource derived from the Workload plans and reduced by the non-working days resulting from Holiday plans. |
| Remaining capacity | Remaining availability when the resource is assigned to a task in a given time period. |
| Non working days | Non availability period of the resource. |