H
Holy Harmonica
I have set Max Units for my clerk at 50%. She has regular duties but I can
use her for project work about 50% of the time. I also want to enter a
Recurring Task for the monthly accounting reports she does assigning her 100%
for 2 days.
I set the recurring task up for a Duration of 2 days, fixed units and
effort driven. I expanded and selected all the detailed tasks. I [Alt][F10]
to open the Assign Resources box. I clicked on the clerk's Units box and set
it to 100% I clicked Assign. The result was for the first detail task 100%
Units assigned, 50% for all the other detail tasks. All tasks have a
Duration of 2 days. The 1st detail tasks shows as overallocated. I'd like
all the tasks set at 100% units for 2 days with my clerk assigned to the
tasks.
I'd like to not have any overallocations. It seems like sloppy project
management to me, and I don't like the red fonts glaring at me. Or do I just
have to accept that Project Managers regluarly have some overallocations in
all their projects?
I thought of a few ways to handle these things:
- designate the first 2 days of everymonth as exception non-working days for
the clerk.
- assign only 50% clerk to the accounting. Since that is her Max Units, it
will make Project alert me if I try to assign other tasks on the same day.
- Create an "Organisation Service" Daily Recurring Task. Change my clerk's
Max Units to 100% Assign her to work 50% units on the daily task.
Suppress/delete the task on the 2 days that I assign her to monthly
accounting task at 100%.
Any other suggestions?
use her for project work about 50% of the time. I also want to enter a
Recurring Task for the monthly accounting reports she does assigning her 100%
for 2 days.
I set the recurring task up for a Duration of 2 days, fixed units and
effort driven. I expanded and selected all the detailed tasks. I [Alt][F10]
to open the Assign Resources box. I clicked on the clerk's Units box and set
it to 100% I clicked Assign. The result was for the first detail task 100%
Units assigned, 50% for all the other detail tasks. All tasks have a
Duration of 2 days. The 1st detail tasks shows as overallocated. I'd like
all the tasks set at 100% units for 2 days with my clerk assigned to the
tasks.
I'd like to not have any overallocations. It seems like sloppy project
management to me, and I don't like the red fonts glaring at me. Or do I just
have to accept that Project Managers regluarly have some overallocations in
all their projects?
I thought of a few ways to handle these things:
- designate the first 2 days of everymonth as exception non-working days for
the clerk.
- assign only 50% clerk to the accounting. Since that is her Max Units, it
will make Project alert me if I try to assign other tasks on the same day.
- Create an "Organisation Service" Daily Recurring Task. Change my clerk's
Max Units to 100% Assign her to work 50% units on the daily task.
Suppress/delete the task on the 2 days that I assign her to monthly
accounting task at 100%.
Any other suggestions?