Re: Changing Resource % mid project.

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Hi Steve,

Funny tasks you have!
They can only be worked on 50% but that only from a certain date; the same
date that by chance or bad luck another task starts.
I know I'm up against most of the PM community, but I don't like people
being cut into halves.
That's why I dare insist. Why exactly does it have to be 50%.
If your latest statement is the reason, then the assignment unit MUST be 50%
from the beginning of the task, because people have to wait for things all
of the time.
But if that isn't the reason, if the reason is risk of overloading, the
assignment units should be 100% and the tasks done in sequence.

Not that Project can't handle it, go to Task usage and contour your
asignment the way you want it... but don't feel frustrated for calculating
manually what Project's leveling could do for you, that is provide a
solution for overallocations.

My experience is that (far too) many customers use % allocation just for
that reason... they WANT to calculate everything manually...

Hope this helps,


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"SteveA" <steveahlcrona@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
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> Thanks for the response.
>
> Both tasks involve waiting for responses and following up on responses
> from resources outside of the company. There will be down time, and if
> the tasks were done in sequence the resource would be under allocated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> v/r
> SteveA.
>


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