Project 2013 Intermediate

Project 2013

Lesson 2 – Adjusting Resources

Steps

Practice Data

4. Enter the new unit value in the Units field in the Resource Availability table. The new unit value appears in the Units field. The Resource Information dialog box closes and the overallocated resource no longer appears in red because the resource conflict has been resolved by increasing the resource units. 5. Select OK .

Click Units

to 400%

Click

Notice that the Painter resource no longer appears in red since you added a painter to complete the task.

L EVELING A R ESOURCE

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Discussion

If multiple tasks have been scheduled at the same time, resource overallocation can result. The resources can be spread out over a longer period of time or tasks can be delayed or split to lessen the demand for the resources. This process is called resource leveling, which is one way to resolve resource conflicts.

In most resource views, overallocated resources appear in red. In resource views with an indicator column, an indicator appears to let you know that a resource is overallocated and should be leveled. The indicator appears in the Indicators column in the shape of a yellow diamond containing a black exclamation point.

You can level one resource at a time or all project resources at once when you are in a resource view. If you are in a task view you can select tasks and choose Level Selection.

You can level resources manually or automatically as tasks are added to the schedule. In addition, Microsoft Project can search for overallocations in a specified time period, such as daily or weekly, so that you can level resources in a specified time frame, such as on a particular day or month. You can set leveling options to control the way in which multiple resources are leveled and specify if the project

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