Project 2013 Intermediate

Lesson 2 – Adjusting Resources

Project 2013

resource to display the tasks to which it is assigned in the bottom pane. Select the 20 Install Doors task in the bottom pane and use the Scroll To Task button to view the task bars for the 20 Install Doors and 21 Install Windows tasks. Notice that the tasks overlap.

Steps

Practice Data

1. Select the Leveling Delay field in the bottom pane for the task you want to delay. The Leveling Delay field for the desired task is selected and a spin box appears in the field. 2. Enter the desired delay amount. The desired amount appears in the Leveling Delay field.

Click the Leveling Delay field for the 21 Install Windows task.

Type 2.

3. Press [Enter] .

Press [Enter].

The delay is entered and the resource is no longer overallocated.

Notice that the Laborer resource no longer appears in red.

C LEARING L EVELING

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Discussion

There may be times when you have leveled a particular resource or an entire project and are still not satisfied with the results. You can reverse the leveling action immediately after leveling a resource using the Undo feature or the Clear Leveling button in the Resource Leveling dialog box. When you use the Clear Leveling button, you have the option to clear the leveling for the entire project or the selected task. In addition, you can remove a delay by entering a 0 in the Leveling Delay field in the Leveling Gantt view.

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Procedures

1. Switch to the Resource Allocation or Resource Usage view.

2. Select the task associated with the leveling action you want to remove, if

applicable.

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