Understand planned hours
In this step, you will explore the concept of planned hours in Workfront and learn how they are essential for effective resource management. You will understand how planned hours help in estimating task durations, managing resource allocation, and tracking time spent on tasks. This knowledge will enable you to improve future project planning and clarify expectations with team members.
Key takeaways
- Planned Hours Importance: Planned hours help estimate task durations, manage resource allocation, and track time spent, improving future project planning.
- Accurate Estimation Tips: Break long tasks into smaller subtasks, track time effectively, and document changes or issues to refine planned hours estimates.
- Resource Management: Workfront uses planned hours to identify over- or under-allocation of resources, ensuring efficient task assignments.
- Historical Reference: Completed projects should be retained as references for future planning, especially for tasks assigned to new workers.
- Ease of Use: Planned hours can be added or edited using Inline Editing, and parent task hours are automatically calculated by summing subtasks. Including planned hours in project templates is recommended.
Next, you will learn how to assign tasks from the project plan, utilizing various tools and features to streamline task assignments and optimize project workflows.