next to the number example.You use the Equivalent Person Month Hours grid to enter the number of person hours in each month. MPM's calculation of equivalent persons and person months during estimating and on reports is affected by whether you enter values in these cells or leave them blank.
Values entered in these cells may range from zero through 9999.99. You
can format the number of decimal places displayed using the options under
the Format menu. The selected format displays a
next to the number example.
MPM can calculate equivalent persons using the data you enter in the Equivalent Person Month Hours grid, or a default formula.
If your company requires that you use a specific company standard to calculate equivalent person month hours, enter the data in the Equivalent Person Month Hours grid for each fiscal month and choose EQPM Hours from the Calendar column in the Project Maintenance window.
If you want MPM to use its default formula to calculate equivalent person months, choose Resource Work from the Calendar column in the Project Maintenance window. When you choose this option, MPM ignores values entered in the Equivalent Person Month Hours grid during the estimating phase of your project. MPM's calculation is based upon the Resource Work Calendar (i.e., the number of hours per day and days per week for the resource), Holiday calendar, and Fiscal calendar defined in the Resources and Burdens window.
If you want person-month calculations included in the Manpower Detail, Manpower Summary, and CPR Format 4 reports, you must input EQPM hours for each month on the Fiscal Calendar. MPM calculates equivalent person months for these reports based on the equivalent person hours entered on the Fiscal Calendar.
The Calendar selection (Resource Work or EQPM Hours) in the Project Maintenance window has no impact on the report calculations. If all months in the calendar are zero, equivalent person months are not shown when you generate Resource Detail, Manpower Summary, and CPR Format 4 Reports.
You can easily populate the EQPM Hours grid by filling down and right.
To use the Fill feature, complete the following steps:
Enter the number of hours in the top or left cell of the area to be filled.
Select the cells to be filled down or right by dragging the mouse from the first to the last cell in the series.
Click Edit » Fill Down or Edit » Fill Right to fill the number across a row or down a column.
To delete EQPM hours, select a cell or cells and do one of the following:
Press the Delete key
Click Edit » Delete Cell(s)