Assigning one resource to a task and getting the outcome you want is easy. But adding, removing, or juggling resource assignments can be a mind-bender that leads to hair loss, foul temper, and being ostracized by your team members. Understanding how duration, work, and units fit together is the first step toward reining in wayward resource assignment results and getting your sense of humor back.

For Project tasks, duration, work (the time resources devote to a task), and resource units (the proportion of time resources work on a task) are like a Cirque du Soleil balancing act for geeks -- when one variable changes, the others must follow suit to maintain task equilibrium. Basic high school algebra is all you need:...

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