Understanding Resource Assignments in PeopleSoft Resource Management

The assignment process pairs a resource with a unit of work. Assignments interact with the other key data components—resource profiles, resource schedules, and service orders—that support the staffing process. When you create an assignment and process it through various states, PeopleSoft Resource Management creates a new resource schedule entry or updates an existing entry. When you assign a resource to a project or a resource completes the assignment, PeopleSoft Resource Management updates the resource profile with work experience information. When you select a resource to fulfill a resource request on a service order, an assignment is created and can be viewed from the service order to reflect service order fulfillment progress. Once the number of resources assigned equals the quantity of resources requested for an order, the service order is closed.

You can view or update assignments based on your user role from the folder navigation, the Staffing Workbench component, or the My Assignments component.

This section lists prerequisites and discusses:

• Assignment processes.

• Assignment statuses.

• Assignment dates.

• Assignment workflow.