Project 2016 Intermediate

Lesson – Adjusting Resources

Project 2016

If necessary, switch to the Resource Sheet view and notice that the 1 Laborer resource appears in red, indicating that it is overallocated.

Click the down arrow on the right side of the Resource Sheet button and select More Views. Switch to the Resource Allocation view. Drag the vertical split bar to the right until the Leveling Delay field appears in the bottom pane. Scroll the top pane as necessary to view the 1 Laborer resource that appears in red. Select the Laborer 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 is selected.

For the 21 Install Windows task click the Leveling Delay field.

2. Enter the delay amount.

Type 2.

The amount appears in the Leveling Delay field.

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. everse 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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