Project 2013 Intermediate

Lesson 2 – Adjusting Resources

Project 2013

requires three hours, the resource will not be leveled. On the other hand, if both tasks require six hours, the resource will be leveled. You can change the time period in which Microsoft Project looks for overallocations to Minute by Minute , Hour by Hour , Week by Week , or Month by Month .

In addition, by default, Microsoft Project levels an entire project unless you indicate otherwise. You can specify a timeframe in which you want Microsoft Project to level resources. Therefore, if your project lasts six months, you can set Microsoft Project to only level overallocated resources in a particular month or week, on a specific day, etc.

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Procedures

1. Switch to a resource view.

2. Select the resource(s) you want to level if you are only leveling selected

resources.

3. Select the Resource tab.

4. Select the

button.

5. Select the Look for overallocations on a < timeframe > basis list.

6. Select the desired time period.

7. Select the desired option under Leveling range for ‘ file name ’ .

8. Select the From list, if applicable.

9. Select the desired date, if applicable.

10. Select the To list, if applicable.

11. Select the desired date, if applicable.

12. Select

13. Click

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Step-by-Step

Specify leveling timeframes.

Switch to the Resource Sheet view. Notice that both the 16 Backhoe Operator and 20 Backhoe resources appear in red, indicating that they are overallocated. Switch to

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