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Written by Andy Trainer – Wed 09 Feb 2011
Microsoft Project is the definitive tool for project managers. However using it in a shared environment can often lead to difficulties - particularly when you've
lead to difficulties - particularly when you've got lots of projects thatuse the same resources.This is where resource pools can be invaluable - and they're not that hard to set up!
To learn more about Resource Pools, and plenty more besides in MS Project, why not attend one of our public 2-day MS Project Training courses here in Brighton, Sussex? For general project management skills we also run a 1-day Introduction to Project Management training course, and we are also an Accredited Training Organisation for PRINCE2 Training.
Creating the same set of resources in each project is unnecessary duplication. You can create a resource pool, entering the resources only once and saving time and storage space. The resources reside in one file and other projects can link into this pool, thus creating project sharer files. If information is changed in the pool, all sharer files will be updated. Also when the pool is changed from a sharer file, the resource pool is updated.
Follow the following simple steps to create a resource pool in Project 2010
Don't worry about the start/end date, or entering any tasks