Resource Leveling

[Robert]

I am working on leveling some resources for a large project. Here is my
process. The first pass throught the WBS I linked tasks based on task
dependency. Then I went through then I filtered the WBS by each resource and
linked all their task Start to Finish. (The intent was to avoid
overallocation for the individual resource) I was successfull in my attempt
to not overallocate, but now I am in the opposite direction. Now the problem
is, when I look at the resource usage graphs for these resources, some weeks
they are dramatically underallocated. Is there an easier way then going task
by task, day by day, and adjusting the hours for each resource?

 

[Rod Gill]

One way is to only link tasks for resources that are important and set all
tasks with links to have a priority of 1000. Then use resource levelling and
it should fill in all the gaps. You still get a critical path because of the
links.

 

[Larry]

A better way is to only link tasks where there is a technical connection (you
need the result of one task to start the next), and use MS Project's resource
leveling to handle the resource leveling. With a little experience, you will
learn how to plan resources to make good use of the MS Project algoritm. It
can work very well.

Regards,
Larry Leach

One way is to only link tasks for resources that are important and set all
tasks with links to have a priority of 1000. Then use resource levelling and
it should fill in all the gaps. You still get a critical path because of the
links.