Assigning Resources in a Schedule

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In Primavera P6, after you create the Project Plan, you may need to assign resources

to make the resource plan.

After the resource is created in the RBS (Resource Breakdown Structure) in Primavera,

you can assign resources to activities inside a project. 

Let’s say you have a project plan from start to finish, one like this one:

You need to start assigning resources to it. In order to do that you can go either these

two options:

Option 1: go to each of the activities and assign them manually

1.Go to Activities>Activity Detail>Resources:

2.Click Assign Resources

3.Look for the Resource needed and click on +

4.Do the same for the rest of the activities

Option 2: assign massively Resources for a group of activities

1. In the activities window, select several activities

2.Right-click on them and go to Assign>Resources

3. Click on one or several resources and select the option +

4.This will be the result:

Note: Milestone activities can’t have resources assigned, just as Primary Resources.