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Create a work resource

Create a work resource

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Create a work resource

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- [Instructor] A work resource in Project is one you assign by time, like a person who works full time on the project. When you create work resources, you provide some basic information, as well as availability. So to create the work resources, the first thing we're going to do is head to the resource sheet. It's the best place for creating resources. Click the View tab and then in the Resource Views section, click Resource Sheet. We've already created one resource but we're going to create some more work resources. And there are two ways that you can see up work resources. The first is by a skill or job description and the second one is to fill in specific people's names. Let's start with the job description. I'm going to go to the first blank resource name cell and I'll type in the job description. Network admin. Now when I press Tab to move into the type cell, Project automatically selects work. You can change it but because work is probably the most common type of resource…

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