Assigning the same resource multiple times for the same day.

[Mufasa]

I'm a MS Project newbie so this is probably a stupid question.

How can I have multiple tasks that aren't dependent on each other not appear
on the same day?

Here's what I've done - I've created multiple tasks and assigned a duration
to them. I then assigned them all to the same resource (myself) and they are
all starting on the same day. The tasks aren't dependent on each other so
there is no need to set predecessors but I do want to have it that I only
work on a single task on any given day. Is the only way to do this to set
predecessors or is the a way to have the system automatically not allow me
to assigned the same resource to multiple tasks on a given day ?

Don't know if it makes a difference but I'm using Project 2003.

TIA - Jeff.

 

[Steve House]

If you now resource level you'll find the tasks sequence themselves. If
there's a preferred order yet the tasks aren't truly dependent, forst set
the task priorities so that the tasks you prefer to do first have a higher
priority.

 

[reza]

Steve,

for task priorities, should we do leveling resource?
i.e. Task 1 & Task 2 with same resource and no dependencies.
Task 1 with priorities 500 and task 2 with priorities 510, can task 2 move
automatically or i should leveling for both task??

thanks

 

[Steve House]

Level for the entire group of tasks at once. Project will place higher
priority tasks earlier than lower priority ones, using its internal default
algorithm as a tiebreaker where tasks have equal priorities.