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What should be put into a duration? Microsoft Project

What should be put into a duration? Microsoft Project

What should be put into a duration?

Posted: 09 Oct 2004 07:52 AM PDT

Hi Aniki,

You've just added additional detail about your situation....and it changes
everything!!

First...have you assigned resources on the Summary Task? If so, it would be
best to remove them and assign them on the detail tasks only.

You say that you would like one resource to complete "one Summary Task
before moving onto the next one". This implies that one resource will be
exclusively assigned to all of the detail tasks under that particular
summary. At the same time, you also say that you've applied all 5 resources
to all 40 summary tasks. Could you clarify this question: If you were to
assign resources to the detail tasks, would there be more than one resource
on each of the detail tasks?

You have stated a "preference" as to how the work should be executed. Here's
how:

1. You can force Project into completing all the tasks under one summary
before going onto the tasks of the next summary by applying a "Priority"
number to each task, and then use Resource Levelling. This is the recommended
method.

2. Another crude, but reasonably effective, way is by linking the individual
tasks that are relevant to each person, in the order that you would like them
to be done (Ok, I'm going to get shot by some of you.). However, if you start
doing the work out of sequence, you have to faff-around with amending the
logic links. This can be a real pain in the bum!

HTH.

James.G

"aniki" wrote:
 

Format Field Name size

Posted: 08 Oct 2004 05:55 AM PDT

You are most welcome Dan. Glad to know you solved the
problem.
Julie 
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Copying Linked Project Files

Posted: 07 Oct 2004 10:22 AM PDT

Thanks Jack! It worked wonderfully!

Roland

"JackD" wrote:
 

MS Project cannot resolve overallocation for a resource

Posted: 06 Oct 2004 01:21 AM PDT

Hi,
Many thanks for your assistance. I created a two-task test project and
encountered the same problem (I guess I should have tried this test first).
The problem was that the "level only within available slack" box was checked
(something I must have done unintentionally as it states the default status
is cleared).
Thanks,
Mark

"Jan De Messemaeker" wrote: