leveling

[Brian]

when I level resources on a day-by-day basis, resources
still appear in Red indicating overallocation. now I
know that they are still red because the resource is
overallocated at a finer level of granularity. But I
don't care about minute-by-minute or nanosecond-by-
nanosecond leveling!!! How can I make project ignore
overallocations at levels below day-by-day?

I'm using MSP server '03...

 

[JackD]

when I level resources on a day-by-day basis, resources
still appear in Red indicating overallocation. now I
know that they are still red because the resource is
overallocated at a finer level of granularity. But I
don't care about minute-by-minute or nanosecond-by-
nanosecond leveling!!! How can I make project ignore
overallocations at levels below day-by-day?

I'm using MSP server '03...

Set your monitor to black and white.

If you don't care, then don't look at it.
Use the resource chart and ignore the red name.

-Jack

 

[Steve House]

You've done that already by setting the leveling to day-by-day. That
setting controls the finest level of granularity the leveling engine will
pay any attention to. The red remains to let you know the resources
affected are still overbooked, albeit for less than a full day's period. If
you want to get rid of it, try leveling on hour-by-hour. Before you decide
just to ignore less than day-by-day, you might give some thought to whether
it's wise or not. If Bill is overbooked by a 15 minute overlap between two
tasks I'm not going to worry about it much either. But if he's scheduled to
wax widgets for 8 hours plus polish fids for 7, that's a signifigant
schedule conflict and I probably should resolve it because he can't do both
at once, thus one will finish a day later than I'd planned for if I don't.
Remember delays can be cummulative - 3 hours here and 4 hours there soon add
up to a project that finishes a month later than you promised the boss it
would - not a resume` enhancer.