Advice for the Project Management Professional (PMP)

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Appendix A
2. Open the Resource Leveling dialog box. Click Tools on the Menu bar, and then
click Level Resources. The Resource Leveling dialog box opens, as shown in
Figure A-60. Uncheck the Level only within available slack option, if necessary.
Uncheck Level only
within available slack,
if needed
FIGURE A-60 Resource Leveling Dialog Box
3. Level the file and review the date changes. Click the Level Now button. In this
example, resource leveling moved the project completion date from 11/16 to
11/19, as shown on the Gantt chart milestone symbol for Task 42, Project
completed. Also notice that Project 2007 automatically highlighted the cells
that were affected by this change.
4. View Kathy’s Resource Graph again. Click the Resource Graph button on
the View Bar. If necessary, use the scroll bar in the resource histogram pane
to display June 2009. Notice that Kathy is still overallocated in June 2009.
5. Level using the Hour by Hour option. Click Tools on the Menu bar, and then
click Level Resources. Change the basis for leveling from Day by Day to Hour
by Hour, click the Level Now button, keep the default option of Entire pool
in the Level Now dialog box, and then click OK. Notice that Kathy’s overallocation
disappears. Double-click the right scroll arrow in the resource name
pane to reveal information about Mary. Remember that the left pane displays
different resources, and the right pane reveals the resource histogram over
time. Mary’s overallocations are also gone because of this resource leveling.
6. View the Gantt chart again. Click the Gantt Chart button on the View Bar
and move the split bar to review the Gantt chart, if necessary. The project
completion date has been moved back to 11/23 because of the resource
leveling.
7. View the Leveling Gantt chart. Click View on the Menu bar, click More Views,
and then double-click Leveling Gantt. Click the Zoom Out button to adjust
the timescale to show months and weeks, and scroll to the right in the Gantt
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