View ProjeQtOr On SourceForge.net
ProjeQtOr - Project Management Tool
Supportez nous sur Capterra
OIN - Open Invention Network
ProjeQtOr free project management software - Problems in Real Work Allocation GUI - ProjeQtOr

Prochaines Sessions

Les prochaines formations et démonstrations sont ouvertes, inscrivez-vous rapidement !

 

Démonstration de ProjeQtOr

(gratuit, sur inscription)
 

13 mai 2025 (10h30-12h)

5 juin 2025 (16h-17h30)

 
 

Planifiez avec ProjeQtOr

14 et 15 mai 2025 (9h-12h30)

18 et 19 juin 2025 (9h-12h30)

 
 

Administrez avec ProjeQtOr

20 et 21 mai (9h-12h30)

25 et 26 juin (9h-12h30)

 

 

 

Problems in Real Work Allocation GUI

More
23 Jui 2017 08:53 - 23 Jui 2017 10:31 #1 by NarayanAras
I found the following issues with the Real Work Allocation GUI

Issue#1: The title is misleading

The word "allocation" means-
1. A share set aside for a specific purpose
2. The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan

But when we are entering the actual work done, we doing neither of this. Therefore the name of the GUI should be changed to Real Work logging
(BTW the word "allocation" is used correctly in resource allocation to projects)

Issue#2: The project allows us to enter more than 24 hours in a day, although the resource is configured as FTE=1.
(see attached screenshot, titled WorkDone-1)

Desired: Never allow entry of more than (FTE x 24) hours.
For example, if the resource has FTE=2, then do not allow entry of more than 48 (= 2 x 24) hours.
(It is physically impossible for the resource to put up those many hours!)

Issue#3: If I remove some work done (see the test case above), the Reassessed figure is stuck at the highest value.
Then the Left work is calculated backwards based on that figure.

In our case, I had entered 30 hours in "Today", which forced the Reassessed figure to jump to 50.
When I removed the 30 hours, the Reassessed figure remained at 50, and ProjeQtor calculated that 50-20=30 hours are still left.
(See screenshot titled WorkDone-2)

But the extra hours were added by mistake, so ProjeQtor should have ignored the last entry.

Desired: When an entry is deleted, the GUI should revert to the originally assigned hours (in our case, 24 hours)
Attachments:
Last edit: 23 Jui 2017 10:31 by NarayanAras.

Please Connexion or Create an account to join the conversation.

More
23 Jui 2017 13:17 #2 by babynus

The word "allocation" means-
1. A share set aside for a specific purpose
2. The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan

But when we are entering the actual work done, we doing neither of this. Therefore the name of the GUI should be changed to Real Work logging
(BTW the word "allocation" is used correctly in resource allocation to projects)

The 2 seem correct IMO.
The idea is to "dispatch" the real work, so to allocate on corresponding Acitvity, day by day.
It could be changed to Real Work Recording, but idea of "dispatching", "distributing" the work is lost.

Issue#2: The project allows us to enter more than 24 hours in a day, although the resource is configured as FTE=1.
(see attached screenshot, titled WorkDone-1)

Desired: Never allow entry of more than (FTE x 24) hours.
For example, if the resource has FTE=2, then do not allow entry of more than 48 (= 2 x 24) hours.
(It is physically impossible for the resource to put up those many hours!)

It is designed this way ! They is a control (sum is hilighted in RED if over the capacity of the resource) but no blocking.
This is designed this way to allow users to not dispatch work over the week (or the month) but enter all monthmy follow-up in one single day.
This is used on initialization, when including project that already has real work, to avoid to enter data day by day.

But the extra hours were added by mistake, so ProjeQtor should have ignored the last entry.

How do you expect that projeqtor guess it is a mistake (ProjeQtOr cannot re

Desired: When an entry is deleted, the GUI should revert to the originally assigned hours (in our case, 24 hours)

Babynus
Administrator of ProjeQtOr web site

Please Connexion or Create an account to join the conversation.

More
23 Jui 2017 13:21 #3 by babynus

The word "allocation" means-
1. A share set aside for a specific purpose
2. The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan

But when we are entering the actual work done, we doing neither of this. Therefore the name of the GUI should be changed to Real Work logging
(BTW the word "allocation" is used correctly in resource allocation to projects)

The 2 seem correct IMO.
The idea is to "dispatch" the real work, so to allocate on corresponding Acitvity, day by day.
It could be changed to Real Work Recording, but idea of "dispatching", "distributing" the work is lost.

Issue#2: The project allows us to enter more than 24 hours in a day, although the resource is configured as FTE=1.
(see attached screenshot, titled WorkDone-1)

Desired: Never allow entry of more than (FTE x 24) hours.
For example, if the resource has FTE=2, then do not allow entry of more than 48 (= 2 x 24) hours.
(It is physically impossible for the resource to put up those many hours!)

It is designed this way ! They is a control (sum is hilighted in RED if over the capacity of the resource) but no blocking.
This is designed this way to allow users to not dispatch work over the week (or the month) but enter all monthmy follow-up in one single day.
This is used on initialization, when including project that already has real work, to avoid to enter data day by day.

But the extra hours were added by mistake, so ProjeQtor should have ignored the last entry.

How do you expect that projeqtor guess it is a mistake (ProjeQtOr cannot read your mind - not yet)

Desired: When an entry is deleted, the GUI should revert to the originally assigned hours (in our case, 24 hours)

No, because in most cases actual behavior is best :
- I have 10 left, enter 7 (left is 3) and enter 6 as new left (I need 13 do execute the task)
- If I remove 7 (because it was entered on bad day), and want to keep 13 is needed...

Babynus
Administrator of ProjeQtOr web site

Please Connexion or Create an account to join the conversation.

More
27 Jui 2017 08:24 #4 by NarayanAras
Issue#1
I think the words logging or recording are much better!
We can even think of accounting. (In the sense of giving an account of how many hours spend in which task)

Issue#2
Yes, I agree: When the project team has to give an account of past days, they may not have kept a track, and it is best to let them enter total hours which will definitely exceed the daily FTE.

This is a beautiful trick, and hats off to the guy who thought of this!

Issue#3
I see what you mean!

Please Connexion or Create an account to join the conversation.

Moderators: babynusprotion
Time to create page: 0.041 seconds

Paramétrages de cookies

×

Cookies fonctionnels

Ce site utilise des cookies pour assurer son bon fonctionnement et ne peuvent pas être désactivés de nos systèmes. Nous ne les utilisons pas à des fins publicitaires. Si ces cookies sont bloqués, certaines parties du site ne pourront pas fonctionner.

Session

Veuillez vous connecter pour voir vos activités!

Autres cookies

Ce site web utilise un certain nombre de cookies pour gérer, par exemple, les sessions utilisateurs.