Let Celoxis take care of the schedule
With auto scheduling, Celoxis computes the start and end dates for each task taking into consideration the work/effort, allocation, duration, resources work-timing, vacations etc... from the task owners (resources) work timings, holidays, effort, dependencies and constraints.
The essence of automatic scheduling is governed by a simple formula:
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Now assume that you add one more resource to the task. How long would it take to finish the task? Again, it's quite easy - 1 day. Both resources will work 8 hours each and finish the 16 hour task in a day. Let's see again if the equation matches with our expectation. In this case, effort remains 16 hours while allocation is 1 + 1 = 2. So duration = 16 ÷ 2 = 8 hours or 1 day. Now let's make it a bit harder. If both resources are told to work only 2 hours per day i.e 25%, then how long would it take? Effort remains 16 hours while allocation is now 0.25 + 0.25 = 0.5. So duration = 16 ÷ 0.5 = 32 hours i.e. 4 working days.
To get the most out of scheduling, you need to understand and effectively use all three parts of the scheduling formula: W = D * U. You can control which of the scheduling formula parameter has the most influence over the task's scheduling.
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