To illustrate the usage of Multi-Project-Planner we will use a simplified construction company, doing residential construction.

 

A home building project consists of the following activities

• Creating the foundation. (Needs four concrete craftsman in five days).
• Building walls, in this case bricklaying. (Needs four bricklayers in teen days.)
• Roofing. (Needs three carpenters in five days.)

 

The company will have at most two construction projects in the pipeline at any one time.

 

To this end the company needs the following work teams:

• A concrete team staffed with four concrete workers.
• Two bricklayer teams each staffed with four bricklayers.
• A carpenter team staffed with three carpenters.

 

and the following resources:

• Four concrete craftsmen.  (One foreman and three craftsmen.)
• Eight bricklayers.  (Two foremen, four bricklayers and two bricklayer assistants)
• Three carpenters.  (One foreman and two carpenters.)

 

 

The following steps will setup Multi-Project-Planner to meet the needs of the construction company.

 

Actions that have to be done only once:

1. Define Competences.
2. Define a weekly work hour schedule.
3. Define resource categories.
4. Registering the work teams.
5. Registering the resources.
6. Setting up the plan for the first time. That is adding work teams and resources to the schedules. 

 

Actions that may have to be taken on a daily basis:

1. Create projects.
2. Create projects using template projects.
3. Allocate resources.

 

Actions that must be taken when the organization changes.

The 'How to' section of the online help contains two sections, which shows how to maintain the work teams and resources in the schedule. These are:

1. Maintain the work teams in the activity schedule.
2. Maintain the resources in the work hour schedule