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Ersin NamliMember for 21 years 3 months
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Hi, I have a project with resource constraint and I want to solve that without increasing my resource quantity than I had a problem with as late as possible constraint after I finished my schedule in as soon as possible constraint for all activities I leveled my project but not for activities which have available slack I leveled all of them. Than my project duration increased after the leveling operation I tried to make all my activities as late as possible but MS Project take my previous project duration and make my activities as late as possible I mean it’s clearing leveling and turns back. When I try to make my activities as late as possible after leveling I can manage to do them if I do one by one manually but after that a new problem occurs when I try to take S-CURVES It gives the cumulative cost for the first project duration.
Would you please help me about this problem if you want I can send you sample project.
ersinnamli@yahoo.com
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    Yazeer Sivori Seranna ·
    #1
    I’m not so good at this levelling thingy...

    - HAve you set "deadline"?
    - Maybe the setting for each activity?

    Need to test to check the reasons via the file...
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    Alexandre Faulx-Briole ·
    #2
    Ersin,
    which version of MS Project are you using?
    Have you set up the project START date or FINISH date (Project, Project Information)?
    Task default constraint is ASAP for a project set forward, ALAP for project set backward
    MS Project is not too good at leveling resources in a backward project. I had the experience where a backward project was leveled toward the end of the project instead of the beginning.
    Send your file to afaulxbriole@wanadoo.fr if you want.
    Regards
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    Ersin Namli ·
    #3
    First thanks for dealing with my problem I’m working with MS Project 2003. I tried everything but I couldn’t solve the problem and I know that its unsolvable with MS Project (without extra software)its easily seen that MS Project is deficient in leveling but its available solving the problem with critical chain consepts so i used prochain as an extra software for MS Project. I’ll send you the project as soon as possible thanks again.

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    Alexandre Faulx-Briole ·
    #4
    ersin,
    if you want to give Critical Chain method a try, downlaod Project Scheduler 8 from www.sciforma.com
    it’s rather easy to learn, and much safer than MSP.
    cheers
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    Ersin Namli ·
    #5
    i’ve send the sample project to your mails. I wrote some about project but If you need further explanation please tell me.
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    Sivakumar G ·
    #6

    Hi,By giving Priority to that

    Hi,

    By giving Priority to that task you can avoid the duration problems

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