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Project helps you keep a close eye on how your resources are used over the span of the project. After you assign resources to tasks, you can see when specific resources are overloaded or underused. You can then adjust the project plan to change resource assignments, adjust the schedule, or change the project scope to even out resource usage.

When you're first planning the project, seeing this overall resource picture can help you develop the resource plan, including the types of team members needed, how many team members with specific skills should be recruited, when they're needed, and who might have ramp-up and ramp-down periods. Your plan might also include equipment and materials needed to carry out tasks.

When the project is under way, being able to see and adjust your resource needs and allocations over time can help you use your resources—and therefore your budget—most effectively, avoiding downtime at one extreme and burnout at the other.

You'll start learning about resource planning and optimizing in Lesson 7, “Assign Resources to Tasks.”