Microsoft Project
Project basics exercise
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Exercise: Build a Wall - Fixed Work

1)	Download the files needed to start this exercise: exercise-290.zip (and click here if you experience any problems unzipping this file after downloading it).
2)	Open the file Build a Wall.mpp, which has two Fixed Work and one Fixed Duration task:
	The build task has work hours already entered
3)	Create the following resource:
	Not all columns are shown here
4)	Notice how the work hours are calculated as you make the following assignments: Brickie (100%) => Mix mortar Brickie (100%) => Prepare ground
5)	Assign a single Brickie (100%) to the Build task and notice that Project automatically calculates how many Brickies are needed:
	If you now change the resource assignment Project will alter the work hours
6)	Close the file without saving the changes.

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