Skip to Content
In the Trenches with Microsoft® Office Project 2007
book

In the Trenches with Microsoft® Office Project 2007

by Elaine J. Marmel
January 2009
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
352 pages
8h 30m
English
Microsoft Press
Content preview from In the Trenches with Microsoft® Office Project 2007

Techniques to Resolve Conflicts

There are several approaches you can take to resolve resource conflicts. Some of the approaches work regardless of whether the task is effort-driven. Other techniques work only if the task is effort-driven. Remember, Project adjusts the duration of an effort-driven task based on the number of resources you assign to the task, but Project leaves the duration unaffected by resource assignments if a task is not effort-driven. In some cases, shortening the duration of an effort-driven task might eliminate an overallocation for a resource, but if the task isn’t effort-driven, you can’t shorten the task’s duration.

If a task is not effort-driven, you can try any of the following to resolve a resource conflict:

  • Swapping ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Special Edition Using Microsoft® Office Project 2007

Special Edition Using Microsoft® Office Project 2007

QuantumPM, LLC

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780735626164Catalog PageErrata