Advice for the Project Management Professional (PMP)

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chart to reach June 2009, as needed. Also reveal all of the contents in the Task
Name column. Your screen should resemble Figure A-61. Notice that Project
2007 adds a green bar to the Gantt chart to show leveled tasks.
FIGURE A-61 Leveling Gantt Chart View
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8. Save the file as level.mpp. Click File on the Menu bar, click Save As, type level
as the filename, and then click Save. Close the file.
If you want to undo the leveling, immediately click the Undo button on the Standard toolbar. Alternatively,
you can return to the Resource Leveling dialog box, and click the Clear Leveling button.
HELP
If you want to download the Project 2007 file level.mpp to check your work or continue to the next section,
a copy is available on the companion Web site, the author’s Web site, or from your instructor.
Consult the Project 2007 Help feature and use the keyword “level” for more information
on resource leveling. Also, when setting options for this feature, be careful that the
software adjusts resources only when it should. For example, the end date for the Project
Tracking Database project was pushed back because you set the leveling options to allow
the dates to slip. In this case, the project manager might prefer to ask her team to work a
little overtime to remain on schedule.
Now that you have learned how to change resource calendars, view resource histograms,
and level resources, you are ready to learn how to use Project 2007 to assist in
project communications management.
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