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Message: [QUOTE="Alex, post: 180842"] Am putting together a schedule for a project to build an airplane. Tasks in the project are assigned to Zones - areas of the plane where a limited number of mechanics can work at any one time. These Zones are assigned as Resources, and Max Units defined for each Zone. Typical Zones are Nose, Cockpit, Cabin, Tail, Wing, Engines, etc. Now, several of the Zones (Cockpit and Tail) require full utilization throughout the entire assembly cycle. Mechanics will be assigned full time to these Zones. However, other Zones require relatively intermittent work. A crew of "floating" mechanics will be assigned to these Zones and will move from Zone to Zone to complete scheduled work. Resource Levelling acts to leveal each individual resource. This has the effect of increasing the amount of work at the beginning, and, for Zones with less than full utilization, decreasing work at the end. I want a constant crew size throughout the entire project. How can I level resources in Groups - such as, Cockpit, Tail, and All Other - so that I can better manage total crew size. [/QUOTE]