How to ensure Level of Effort bars show critical

LOE activities do not have constraints and are considered to be ongoing;some of the examples are reviews and meetings. LOE activity duration dependent on its predeccessor and successor actvities. So in bar chart area LOE activities do not show bars. So neither they are critical nor will be considered for levelling resources.

Dear Amit

LOE activities become critical? But, as i know they are parrallel like meetings, yard operations etc. how come they are critical. As per your explanation it seems I have wrong concept reg. it. Please help me in clarification

Hi,

Please do the following for Critical LOE bar,

In the Activities View, go to View, Bars.
2. Click Add.
3. Enter the following
     Name: Remaining Critical Level of Effort
     Timescale: Remain Bar
     Filter: Level of Effort and Critical based on Float

Create Filter for Total Float =0 and then do this by double clicking in the Filter column and marking checkboxes for Level of Effort and a user created filter based on Total Float.

                   
     
     Preview: Format the bar as desired. For example, select the next to last bar shape and the color red.
          



Critical Level of Effort bars will now appear Red.

Hope this helps.

Regards

Amit

Hi Amit

Do you critical LOE means critical for resources right??

Hi Naveen,

LOE activities have a predecessor and a successor and that means the Early Start of LOE acitvity is driven by its predecessor activity and the successor activity drives the Early Finish date of the LOE activity. Hence during Backpass calculations the floats and dates are calculated from these driving activities as we are following CPM method. The fact that LOE activities are used for meetings or any other purpose does not mean that LOE activities are not driven by other activities. LOE activities don't drive other activities related to it but they are themselves driven by their Predecessors and Successors. Hence they have float values and ES,EF & LS,LF dates.

Hope this clarifies your doubts :).

Thanks & Regards

Amit