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Resource allocation given work time in project?
I assume you meant to say that the start date, resource and work hours are the INPUT and finish date is the output. No problem.
When you say the resource is only available for 30% of the time on the project I assume the other 60% is dedicated to other projects not part of your IMS. So the first thing to do is to set up the resource with a Max Unit value of 30% via the Resource Sheet.
The next thing to do is to set the task type to Fixed Work and set the Work to 80h
Then assign the resource at his/her full level and Project will calculate the duration and finish date.
When you say the resource may work two tasks in tandem do you perhaps really mean in parallel? If indeed you do mean in tandem then simply link the two tasks with a default finish-to-start dependency and assign the resource at 30% to each task. If however, you really mean in parallel, then you can either assign the resource to each parallel task at 15% to avoid overallocation or set the task type to Fixed Duration as noted in my response to your other question as couple of weeks ago.
John
