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Reply Wed 3 Aug 2011, 14:50Delegate Michelle said...

Michelle has attended:
Project Intro Intermediate course

MS Project

Hi

How would you deal with allocating one resource with two tasks - both at 50% for 1 month then full time but only on one of those tasks.
I don't really want to create two separate resources for this.

Thanks

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Reply Mon 8 Aug 2011, 10:49 Edited on Mon 8 Aug 2011, 10:50Trainer Rodney said...

RE: MS Project

Hello Michelle,

Hope you enjoyed your Microsoft Project 2010 course with Best STL.

Thank you for your question regarding allocating resources to two tasks at 50% per task.

Unfortunately you haven't provided enough information to enable me to answer your question effectively.

1) How long are both tasks
2) What task relationships have you established i.e. Finish-to-Finish or Start-to Start

Please remember, resource allocation cannot be split on a single task. What you are trying to do will require a single task to be split into more than one task which must be linked with a Finish-to-Start relationship. Sort of like a part 1, followed by part 2 etc. then you can assign whatever percentages you want providing they don't exceed a combined total of 100%.

I look forward to your reply...

Have a great day.
Regards,

Rodney
Microsoft Office Specialist Trainer

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Keep constraining dates to a minimum

As far as possible avoid fixing the dates of your tasks. For example try to steer of clear dragging task bars in the Gantt chart to move them on the timeline or entering dates directly into the Start / Finish fields.

Date constraints such as these limit Microsoft Project's ability to automatically adjust your project whenever you add, remove or modify the duration of your tasks. Instead use the logic in your task dependencies that link your tasks to enable Project to calculate the start and finish dates for you.

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