10. Resources and cost loading
Activities with no resource or cost.
- Default threshold
- None
- On the demo programme
- Fail0.28% (1 of 351)
Definition
Activities without resources or cost can't contribute to earned value, and give no basis for resource planning.
How the app counts it
- Measured on incomplete activities, excluding milestones.
- An activity passes if an assignment or the activity itself carries budgeted cost, units or at-completion cost.
Thresholds, the counting basis and whether the check counts towards the score can all be changed. See settings.
Why it matters
Earned value needs a budget on the work. Unloaded work also hides where the effort is, which makes acceleration and recovery hard to plan.
How to fix it in P6
- Assign resources or cost to the work that should earn value: Activity Details, Resources.
- Activities that carry no cost by design, such as a time risk allowance or a third party's work, will still show here. Note them rather than loading them with invented cost.