Resource Options
The
Resource Cutoff Date field can be used to specify a cutoff date for resource leveling.
When this date is specified, the
scheduled start and
finish for activities that would
occur after the cutoff date are set to missing (empty). This value
can be entered with either a DATEw. (that is, 01MAY2004) or a DATETIMEw. (that is,
01MAY2004:17:00:00) format. Alternately, by clicking the
Date: button, you can access
an
Edit Date window to specify the desired value.
The
Default Maximum Activity Delay field can be used to specify the maximum amount of time
by which any activity in the project can be delayed due to lack of resources. This
value acts as a default for all project activities, while individual values
can be specified for each separate activity. The default value for this
option is +INFINITY.
The maximum number of resource observations sets an upper limit on the number
of observations that the resource usage output data set can contain. The default
value is 1000. Use the horizontal slider to increase this limit. The frequency
indicates the time interval at which observations are added to the data set. Use
the
Frequency box to select the desired time interval.
When this check box is selected, the
maximum activity delay
and each activity's
delay values (if specified) are used
to control activity schedule slippage when performing resource leveling; otherwise,
the values are ignored and activity schedules are allowed to slip indefinitely.
When this check box is selected, resource calendars (if specified) are
used to determine on/off work periods for resources; otherwise, all resource
calendars are ignored.
When this check box is selected, activities are allowed to be split into
segments during resource allocation. The
maximum number of segments
and the
minimum segment duration can be specified
for each activity to control the extent of the splitting.
When this check box is selected, alternate resources (if specified) are used;
otherwise, they are ignored.
This check box is used to activate resource-driven durations, provided that resources
have been defined as
driving resources and work rates have been specified for
the activities.
When this check box is selected, each resource can be scheduled separately for each
activity during resource allocation; otherwise, all resources (required by an
activity) must be available before work on the activity can be scheduled. If
this check box is selected, each resource is scheduled independently of the others.
This may cause an activity's schedule to be extended if its resources cannot all
start at the same time.
When this check box is selected, the scheduling algorithm continues to schedule
activities even when resources are insufficient. By default, the algorithm
stops (with a partial schedule) when it cannot find sufficient resources for an
activity before the activity's latest possible start time (accounting for the
activity's
delay value or the
maximum activity delay and using supplementary or alternate
resources if necessary and if allowed). This option is equivalent to specifying
infinite supplementary levels for all resources under consideration.
When this check box is selected, an activity can be scheduled only during periods
that are common working times for all resource calendars (corresponding to the
resources used by that activity) and the activity's calendar. Use this option
with caution; if an activity uses resources that have mutually disjoint calendars,
that activity can never be scheduled.
If this check box is cleared and resources have independent calendars, then
each resource is scheduled using its own calendar. Thus, an activity can have
one resource working on a five-day calendar, while another resource is working
on a seven-day calendar.
This check box indicates that the scheduling algorithm is to check for alternate
resources before using supplementary resources. When this check box is cleared, the algorithm uses supplementary levels first (if available) and
alternate resources are used only if the supplementary levels are not sufficient.
When this check box is selected, the scheduling algorithm waits until an
activity's
late start plus
delay before it is scheduled using a supplementary
level of resources. Otherwise, even if an activity has a nonzero value
specified for delay, it can be scheduled using supplementary resources before
late start plus delay.