Resource Storage
MinuteManPlus provides several features that allow you to track people, costs, purchases, and equipment. This can be used to prepare a budget, to track costs, or to help you keep track of how much equipment needs to be ordered and when.
MinuteManPlus breaks all resources into two general areas; Head-Count Resources, and Expenditures, but each can be used in different ways;
Headcount;
- Track individuals by name (J. Williams, E. Martin, etc)
- Track people by job category (Hardware Engineer, Accountant)
- Calculate labor costs on an hourly basis
Expenditures;
- Individual Purchases (Rental Fee $55, Tooling Charges $3000, etc)
- Piece Parts (5 Integrated Circuits @ $2.00 Each= 10$, 10 Boxes Paper @ $7.00 Each =$70, etc)
- In general, Headcount Resources have costs that increase with the duration of a task, while expenditures reflect fixed costs.
Background: How Resources are Stored
MinuteManPlus creates two files to store all the information for any one project;
- FILENAME.PRM stores the information on individual tasks, durations, links, etc and other general project information for project FILENAME. This information is unique to that one project.
- FILENAME.RSC stores a list of resources that have been defined by project FILENAME. That same list can be imported and used by any other project, to save having to redefine a commonly used resource list.
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