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You can also Customize Resource Table Columns
Right Click in resource window ……..>Columns ….>Customize ……> Make Your Choice of Columns
But Keep it as simple as you can see in my window
Resources at Activity Level (Resource Assigning To activities)
Go To activity Details …….> Resources …….>Add Resource …..>Resources Window at Project level
will open ….>Select your require Resources and assign
You can also customize Resources Columns at activity level

Right Click on Empty Area

You can make your Choice list of columns as well Left side you have Repository of Columns once
you will move a certain column from left to right side and click on Apply it will show in active
resources window at activity level.

Resource Analysis:
As we have limited screen so we can make maximum optimized options of columns to
understand concept.

As we studied about Resource Analysis that we need

Work Quantum (BOQ +Drawing +Meeting)
Set of Resources
Productivity of Resources
Activity NGC
Work 26,000 sqm
Set of Resource Roller Helper
Productivity of Roller /Unit Hour = 100 sqm
Total Budgeted Units (Hours) Required To Complete NGC = 26,000 /100 = 260 Hours
How Much Effort we use per day will further define our Days
Let’s Say we use Single resource (Roller) per day for 10 Hours
Total Days = Total Budgeted Units/Per Day Effort = 260/10 =26 Days

Budgeted Unit = Budgeted Unit/Time * Duration (Days)

260 = 10*26

If Per Day Effort will be increased Duration will be decreased

If we enhance per day effort from 10 Hours to 20 Hours then this work will be done in 13 Days

Now at Activity Level Resources window you can see two Columns
Budgeted Units and Budgeted Unit/Time

Third Component of Equation Duration (Days) you can see in Activity Table
These three factors are interlinked.

When we assign resources at activity level we need to make input of our Budgeted Units of Each
resource and Per Day effort (Budgeted Unit/Time) as well

How we have to do this thing?

 You can see Budgeted Units 260 Hours
Budgeted Unit/Time 65 Hours /Day Effort Required
To complete this activity in 4 Days

65 H/Day?

We can hire 6 Roller Each one of them working 11 Hours /Days can give us this effort.

If we Deploy Single Resource think how many days this activity will take to complete this activity?

If 10 Hours each day effort as per single resource deployment we need 26 Days to Complete this activity.

It depends our Project Manager how he needs work plan.

In above Picture you can see if we have single Resource we need to first enhance Duration then fix
Budgeted unit/Time effort.

Budgeted Units = Budgeted Unit /Time * Duration (Days)

This equation in Primavera is also derived by Duration Types

Duration Types:

Fixed Duration

Fixed units

Go to activity Details ……>General ….> Duration type

How Your Equation (Total Budgeted Units = Budgeted unit/time *Duration) will react Depends on Your
Duration Type.

Once You will Select Fixed Duration Your Duration will remain fixed whatever you make changes in
resources window at activity level in Budgeted Unit or Budgeted Unit/Time .
I select Duration Type Fixed Duration

I changed my Budgeted Units from previous 260 Hrs to 1000 Hours

Budgeted Unit/Time also Changed but Duration is still 26 Days as budgeted unit/Time adjusted its value
to consume 1000 Hrs (Total Budgeted Units) in Fixed Duration of 26 Days

One More Example

Again Days are fixed 26 Days, as I changed Budgeted units 2000 Hrs It changes Per day required effort
Budgeted unit /time to finish activity in 26 Days

Duration Type: Fixed Units

If we chose fixed units Duration type now duration will be changed whereas Per day Required Effort will
be fixed
We have 26 Days Budgeted Units 2000 Hours Budgeted unit/time 77hr/Day Effort Approximately
Required

With Fixed Units Duration type at back end how equation will react
I will Change Budgeted Units from 2000 to 3500 Hours

Observe the Changes

Days changed from 26 to 46 whereas Budgeted Unit/Time is fixed.

You should know behaviors of primavera depending on Duration Type.

Best Duration Types in EPC industry are Fixed Duration whereas Fixed Units can also be used where
mostly activities are resource Dependent.

By assigning Rates to Each Resource and assigning resources to each activity you will get Cost Break
down Structure

Add Columns

Budgeted Labor Cost, Budgeted Non Labor Cost, and Budgeted Material Cost, Budgeted Total Cost.

You can analyze effectively at what level you have how much cost in which category.
You can save it as layout.