Re: Leveling by ID vs. "Standard"

Jim:

The only thing that Project isn't real good at handling in your scenario is
resource synchrony, as you call it, but you can work around this. I, among
others, have been pushing for the ability to "constrain resources." Maybe in
the next version.<g>

I think you're simply expecting too much from the leveling tool. There are
more holistic approaches to resource leveling. The built-in leveling tool
may or may not be an appropriate part of your leveling procedure and
strategy.

--


Gary L. Chefetz, MVP
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"Jim Rodgers" <JimRodgers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Yes. I got it.

I can use this to some benefit, but it is not exactly
what I need. I need to make resource assignments
that MUST be satisfied (i.e., expended). Only if the
man and the machine (or two specific people, etc.)
are assigned TO THE SAME task... only then is there
even a possibility of synchrony among assigned
resources. And I say "even a possibility" because
Work Contours also are possible.

For example, what if I were scheduling judges to
attend talent auditions. Let's say there are some
number of audition rooms, some number of judges,
and a whole bunch of talent auditioning this week.

The one thing I can say at the start is that I need to
get the judge, the talent, and the room all in one place
at the same time in certain particular combinations.
One room has a piano and another an organ, etc. One
of the talent needs more than one audition in more
than one room. Some judges may need to work in
more than one room also.

Now my project involves getting these tasks done by
Friday afternoon, and not having to hire any additional
judges or rent any additional rooms if it can be avoided.

Supposing I have enough judges and rooms to hold
all the required auditions, how would I use MS Project
show this scenario and print out a schedule?

I cannot, however, have the schedule say it plans to
have the room work twice as long or twice as hard
because the judge has a schedule conflict and can't
be there at that time. The work is fixed per resource,
not per task. And the ALL the resources must start
and stop the task ALL AT ONCE.

You know what I am trying to get at?

I'm finding it really hard to believe MS Project can't help
organize a project with such parameters!

Even if MSP really only is for bulk (slave) labor, how
do you assign a supervisor to watch over the ditch
diggers?

There's gotta be a way.

-- Jim


"Steve House" wrote:

Remember links in Project are illustrative of the physical process logic
and
are should not be used solely to create a desired temporal logic. The
time
relationships between tasks are a consequence, not a cause, of the links.
If you flowchart the workflow of your project, the arrow connectors
between
the various process and decision boxes, etc, become your task linkages.
So
a start-to-start link does NOT mean the tasks ought to start together or
will run in parallel, etc. A SS link means that there is some reason
that
the successor task can't start until the predecessor has started. The
successor may or may not start then, the link merely describes the
earliest
that it can possibly start, not WHEN it will start.
--
Steve House [Project MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs


"Jim Rodgers" <JimRodgers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Wait a minute...
I said...

"Next I tried using parallel tasks [with a Start/Start Link]."

Then I said...

"As I recall, when I tried that....."

Whenever I say "As I recall..." I know it's BS.
;-{
That should've worked according to the Help.
I'll try that again and let you know.

-- Jim




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