Resource allocated to ongoing task

[lynne baker]

Hi
Project Pro 2002
Project server 2002
PWA

Please can you tell me how I can add a resource to an existing task
without it showing them as overallocated for the time before they
joined the company.
I have a chap just started, I've allocated him to a task which started
in April and so for that month my resource usage chart shows him as
overallocated.
Is it just a case of deleting the hours manually from the resource
usage view?

Many thanks
lynne

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Lynne --

Try the following approach:

1. Select the ongoing task to which the resource is assigned
2. Click Window - Split
3. In the lower viewing pane, right click and select the Resource Schedule
details
4. Set the Start date of the resource's assignment to his April starting
date
5. Set the Finish date of the assignment to the task's Finish date (even
though the date might be correct in the Finish field, be sure and manually
select the date anyway)
6. Click OK

Let me know if this helps.

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Lynne,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

You could try changing the availability for that resource. From the
Resource Sheet view, double click the resource in question, and enter his
start date in the first Availabe From.. cell.

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this web address: <http://www.mvps.org/project/>

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

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP