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Old 06-29-2012, 06:41 AM
nesskramer nesskramer is offline Cannot find source of overallocation Windows 7 32bit Cannot find source of overallocation Office 2010 32bit
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My manager recently asked for my assistance with resource leveling of the schedule for our project. Per his request, I am using the Resource Usage sheet, filtered by Overallocated Resources, to view the team members who need leveling. I was going by resource, looking for the days with overallocation, and decreasing how many hours were being spent on each task assigned to them so that they hit the 8-hour-or-below mark.



I currently have an associate who has tasks assigned over a 12-year period, and though I have gone over and over each day of that period, I cannot find a single instance in which she is scheduled for greater than 8 hours in tasks. My manager has reviewed her tasks multiple times as well. Nothing we can find appears to be a trigger.

Any advice? We're at a loss.
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Overallocation is due to the sum of assignment units (called peak) being greater than the resource's max units. So even if the resource is scheduled for less than 8 hours per day -- if she is scheduled for two tasks each with one hour for work but the tasks overlap -- she's overallocated.

I'd check your settings under Leveling Options -- ensure it is set to "day by day" or "week by week" - that may help.

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Old 06-29-2012, 08:36 AM
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Thank you for your reply, Julie!

I've added the columns Max Units and Peak to my Resource Usage sheet and can see days where the associate is assigned to 200% or more in the Peak column, though her max is 100%. I assume these are the tasks that are causing the issue?

Under Leveling Options it was set to day-by-day, but switching to week-by-week takes that associate off of the overallocation list.

Thanks again, your help is greatly appreciated!

Danielle
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Old 06-29-2012, 08:46 AM
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Yes, those would be the overallocation days. If they are few and far between, I wouldn't worry about it. Project has to schedule the tasks in a mathematical fashion -- as project managers rarely can we control resources in that manner.

I'd leave the leveling set to week by week but review to make sure everything is okay.
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