Assignining same resource to multiple tasks

[SinCity416]

Hi,

I have experiencing an issue with Project 2003. here is my situation:

I have 10 dependencies that I need from 1 person on the same day.

I put down the duration as 1 day for each one of them but as soon as I
assign the same resource name to all 10. the dates changes and project
tells me that it will take 10 days for the dependencies to be
completed.

Is there a default setting or something that I can change somewhere so
that whenever I assign the same resource to different task that might
fall under the same timeframe, I don't want project to change the
dates thinking that one person cannot do more than 1 taks on one day.

Thanks.

Amar

 

[JulieS]

Hello Amar,

Do you have your Resource Leveling option set to automatic? Check Tools

Level Resources ... and set your leveling calculation to manual and

click OK.

Be aware however, with 10 tasks each set a one day duration with the
same resource assigned at 100%, you are creating an overallocation of
that resource -- you need that resource to generate 80 hours of work in
a single day.

In order to avoid the overallocation you'll need to assign the resource
in some combination where the total assignement units does not exceed
the resource's maximum units.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional information
about Microsoft Project

 

[SinCity416]

Hello Amar,

Do you have your Resource Leveling option set to automatic? Check Tools
click OK.

Be aware however, with 10 tasks each set a one day duration with the
same resource assigned at 100%, you are creating an overallocation of
that resource -- you need that resource to generate 80 hours of work in
a single day.

In order to avoid the overallocation you'll need to assign the resource
in some combination where the total assignement units does not exceed
the resource's maximum units.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visithttp://project.mvps.org/for the FAQs and additional information
about Microsoft Project










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Thank you Julie.

I was going crazy trying to change Task Types, allocation %, change
the default settings, etc to get this to work. Now without changing
allocation % I get get what I was expecting.

I understand the impact at the end of the day in terms of how much
work at one resource will need to do but I already expected that.

Thanks for your help. This is great.

Amar

 

[JulieS]

Thank you Julie.

I was going crazy trying to change Task Types, allocation %, change
the default settings, etc to get this to work. Now without changing
allocation % I get get what I was expecting.

I understand the impact at the end of the day in terms of how much
work at one resource will need to do but I already expected that.

Thanks for your help. This is great.

Amar

You're welcome Amar and thanks for the feedback. Glad to have helped.

Julie

 

[Steve House]

Adding a little to Julie's response...

How woudl it be possible for it NOT to require 10 days? He's doing 10
tasks, each of which takes one day if given his undivided attention. He
can't be in two places at once, so he has to work on one task, then the
next, then the next, and so on. If he has 10 of these and each one requires
a full day of his total effort, it's just got to take 10 days to do all 10
of them.
--
Steve House [Project MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs


How could it be possible

 

[Jim Aksel]

The [Work] Field and [Duration] fields are the answer here. Also, the %Units
assigned to the task. I suggest that a value of [Work] expressed in hours be
entered into the [Work] column]. If each task only takes 0.5 hours there
will be no resource overallocation.

If the task has 0.5 hours work, 100% units the resource can perform 16 of
these tasks in a day without overload and without having project shift the
schedule.
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Adding a little to Julie's response...

How woudl it be possible for it NOT to require 10 days? He's doing 10
tasks, each of which takes one day if given his undivided attention. He
can't be in two places at once, so he has to work on one task, then the
next, then the next, and so on. If he has 10 of these and each one requires
a full day of his total effort, it's just got to take 10 days to do all 10
of them.
--
Steve House [Project MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs


How could it be possible

Hi,

I have experiencing an issue with Project 2003. here is my situation:

I have 10 dependencies that I need from 1 person on the same day.

I put down the duration as 1 day for each one of them but as soon as I
assign the same resource name to all 10. the dates changes and project
tells me that it will take 10 days for the dependencies to be
completed.

Is there a default setting or something that I can change somewhere so
that whenever I assign the same resource to different task that might
fall under the same timeframe, I don't want project to change the
dates thinking that one person cannot do more than 1 taks on one day.

Thanks.

Amar