# Chapter 8 - Assigning Resources to Tasks

### Introduction

### The Three Pillars of Task Scheduling: Work, Duration, and Resources

### How Microsoft Project Schedules a Task

#### The Link Between the Task and Its Predecessor

#### The Duration You Enter for the Task

#### The Resource’s Working and Nonworking Time

#### The Resource Units You Assign to a Task

#### Assign One or More Resources to a Task

#### Control When a Resource Starts Working on a Task

### Remove a Resource from a Task

### Replace a Resource in One Step

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