Maintain tasks close to each other

[Franco Lombardo]

I have 2 tasks that must be done in sequence and in a consecutive way. How
can I force Project to keep them close to each other during the resource
level phase?

Thanks.

Bye

Franco

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[Sai]

I have 2 tasks that must be done in sequence and in a consecutive way. How
can I force Project to keep them close to each other during the resource
level phase?

Thanks.

Bye

Franco

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http://www.francolombardo.net
Scala, Java, As400.....
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[Franco Lombardo]

If you want the tasks to be sequencial, then have FS dependency btwn

them.

I did it.

Just wondering why you looking at resource levelling. Do you have same
resource on both the tasks?
Yes.

If yes, you need to use the settings of
Resource Levelling and adjust the delay *manually*

Oh :-(

Thanks

Bye

Franco

 

[Sai]

I did it.


Oh :-(

Thanks

Bye

Franco

Franco - Let me try to make you to some extent. If you want the
leveling (delay) to be applied automatically, set the "Leveling
calculations" to Automatic in "Resource Leveling" dialog box.

Few points to remember:
1. The above said setting, will auto delay the tasks on all resources
who are overallocated
2. You need to optimize the settings under "Resource Overallocations"
section in "Resource Leveling" dialog box to get the best fit; but
cant promise

Please let us know if this helps

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[Sai]

Hi Franco,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

Give the two tasks a high priority, say 900, and then use levelling.

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Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on

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  I have 2 tasks that must be done in sequence and in a consecutive way.. How
  can I force Project to keep them close to each other during the resource
  level phase?

  Thanks.

  Bye

  Franco

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 http://www.francolombardo.net
  Scala, Java, As400.....
 http://twitter.com/f_lombardo
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Franco -

Good suggestion. Task priority could be of good use to Franco's
requirement.

 

[Franco Lombardo]

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

Thank you very much!

Give the two tasks a high priority, say 900, and then use levelling.

I tried, but it didn't work. :-(

I partially solved this way: after project levelling, I went to each of the
starting tasks and I set "Constraint type" to "Finish no earlier than". Note
that I didn't set any constranint date, but that Project 2010 automatically
sets a constraint date in a way I don't understand.
After this "magic", the dates are now close each other. I'd like to realize
if this fits only for my particular project, that, by the way, is programmed
"as late as possible", or if it's a standard behavior.


Thanks to all for the kind answers.

Bye

Franco

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[Franco Lombardo]

Glen,

thank you for the information.

Bye

Franco