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Keep an assignment variable fixed

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Keep an assignment variable fixed

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- [Instructor] Many scheduling tools let you choose whether to keep duration, work or resource units fixed when you modify resource assignments. If you estimate work for your project activities, it makes sense to keep work fixed. With this approach, you add resources and their availability to the project. When you enter the work and assign resources to each activity, your scheduling tool calculates duration. If you change the resource units on an assignment later, such as adding another resource, the tool recalculates duration, while keeping the work the same. If you change the duration, the tool recalculates the resource units you need to finish the work in that timeframe. Another option is to keep duration fixed. This is a good choice. If you don't assign resources to activities, or you must complete activities in the duration that's been given. Fixed duration has an added advantage. You can specify duration to the…

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