Project 2016 Intermediate

Lesson – Adjusting Resources

Project 2016

Steps

Practice Data

Change the To date to: August, 11 2018.

9. Select a date.

The date appears in the To box.

10. Select Level All .

Click

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The Resource Leveling dialog box closes and the overallocated resources meeting the specified criteria are leveled.

Notice that the two tasks still overlap. Based on the options you selected in the Resource Leveling dialog box, only tasks with more work than could be completed in a month ( Month by Month ) were leveled.

Practice the Concept: Open the Resource Leveling dialog box again, change the time period to Day by Day , and select Level All . Notice that the second task ( 14 Smooth Foundation ) is delayed until the other task ( 13 Dig Foundation ) is finished. Switch to the Resource Sheet view and notice that both resources no longer appear in red.

C HANGING THE L EVELING O RDER

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Discussion

When Microsoft Project levels resources, it uses a set of rules to determine the order the tasks are delayed. When more than one task is delayed, you have three selections to determine the order the tasks are delayed. In the Resource Leveling dialog box, display the Leveling order list under Resolving overallocations and select one of the following options: (1) ID Only , (2) Standard, and (3) Priority, Standard .

When the ID Only option is selected, Microsoft Project chooses the task with the higher ID number as the task to delay.

The Standard option is the default order of leveling. With the Standard option, Microsoft Project uses five criteria to determine which task to level first. The order is as follows: predecessor relationships, slack, dates, priority, and constraints on the task.

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