Multiplying Men by Hours

<p>It is&nbsp;<strong>not a rate</strong>&nbsp;like &ldquo;men&nbsp;<em>per</em>&nbsp;hour&rdquo; nor the &ldquo;amount of work done&nbsp;<em>per</em>&nbsp;person&nbsp;<em>per</em>&nbsp;hour&rdquo;.</p> <p>Rather, the&nbsp;<strong>&ldquo;man-hour&rdquo;</strong>&nbsp;<strong>is a unit</strong>, used to compare the&nbsp;<strong>amount of &ldquo;work&rdquo;</strong>&nbsp;done by a person working constantly for an hour, against other tasks to be completed:</p> <p>number of people &times; number of hours =&nbsp;<strong>man-hour</strong></p> <p>The man-hour is definitely&nbsp;<em>related</em>&nbsp;to the rate of &ldquo;amount of work per person per hour&rdquo;, as we will see.</p> <p>The concept of &ldquo;man-hour&rdquo; can make it easier to&nbsp;<strong>calculate the resources required</strong>&nbsp;for a project-which is why it is widely used in project management to estimate the time and money required for various tasks.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@reduct-blog/multiplying-men-by-hours-794476c3b264"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>