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On-going tasks vs. a project....

Asked by prgMan in Microsoft Project Project Management Software

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Hi all,
I have been asked to help one of our project managers better manage their resources.  Currently they put their tasks/people into an Excel spreadsheet in order to manage them.  Naturally I cringe at this, because a spreadsheet is nothing more then an electronic piece of paper.  So all they do is shuffle the pieces around manually via cut & paste.  Ugly to say the least.

What I would like to do is put into MS Project, for managing projects and schedules I cannot think of any better tool.  Years ago I used MS Project as a scheduler, and somehow I have been sucked back into again.  I guess you cannot escape your past.

The problem I am having is that this on going process, not a project with any particular end point.  The tasks are grouped by individual and the week they are slated to be done.  I know that the formatting/grouping is beside the point as you can apply filters, sorting different ways etc.  So I am not necessarily as concerned about the formatting of it.  But I am not sure how to lay it out because of the on-going nature of this as opposed to a project.

The tasks themselves come in several forms:
- The first is a ticket, to do a particular task and be done with it.
- The second is a project that may go on for a while but the
   resource works on it for x hours a week
- The third is a repetitive task such as support (15% of each resource’s
   time is devoted to a particular area of support)

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks!
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