Non-Project Tasks and Resource Leveling Problem

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Kevin

I am having a problem tracking non-project tasks while using resource
leveling. For non-project tasks, I've done added tasks with fixed duration
and non-effort driven.

The problem that I have with this is that it affects resource leveling. For
example, if I assign a 5-day task for "John Doe" called "Generate Design
Document" from 7/21 to 7/25, but I add a non-project task as described above
for "Ad-hoc Meetings" during the 7/21 to 7/25 week, John will be
overallocated. Resource leveling will push the original task out.

How can I add non-project related tasks to the schedule which are viewable
in the resources timesheet but do not cause over-allocation of resources?
(Keeping in mind that these non-project activities are not 100% predictable,
and so cannot be inserted with fixed dates ahead of time. In the above
example, John Doe will generate the design document in 5 days, regardless of
whether he spends 0, 1, or 2 hours during the week in ad-hoc meetings.)
 

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