Forum Discussion
Auto schedule tasks with over-allocated resources
With the understanding that Project cannot make a determination of resource dedication to a specific task, how does someone assign that manually when two tasks overlap with the same resource? Is there somewhere you can input to split the work 50/50 across both tasks when those tasks overlap?
Hi Corey
From the Resource Usage view, you can view resource over-allocation and manually enter the resource's work in hours per day, or another time period depending on the zoom applied, on the task, so that the sum of hours assigned to the resource does not exceed its available time for that period (8h/d for example).
You can also assign a partial dedication of the resource throughout the entire task in the Units field, on the Resources tab, in the Task Information form (double click on the task), or if you prefer, by displaying a task form by splitting the screen of the Gantt chart view in Menu > View > Split view > Details.
In both cases you can enter for each task, for example, 0.5 or 50% in Units assigned according to your configuration. In this case, half of the resource's work day time is assigned to each task (they will normally last twice as long) throughout its entire duration, even though the over-allocation conflict does not exist throughout the duration of the task.
Ignacio
Hi Ignacio,
Thank you! After taking a look at the Views you mentioned that makes sense. Thanks again!
Corey