herebutlost
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I have a scheduling problem which my lack of experience with MS Project won't allow me to resolve.
My project is scheduled from the start. The project is effectively the work of a small team over the course of a year.
I have added to my plan:
Given that the work within the project is for a small team, most of the resources appear to be massively over allocated.
I have an idea of when I want the work to be completed during the year but have attempted and discarded the option of setting Start No Earlier Than or Finish No Later Than constraints on my tasks as because:
What is my best course of action from this point?
I would be extremely grateful for any help here.
My project is scheduled from the start. The project is effectively the work of a small team over the course of a year.
I have added to my plan:
- Tasks (approx 350)
- Durations
- Dependencies
- Constraints (only the bare minimum where tasks are actually fixed (meetings, events ,etc))
- Resources (people only, no real materials to consider)
Given that the work within the project is for a small team, most of the resources appear to be massively over allocated.
I have an idea of when I want the work to be completed during the year but have attempted and discarded the option of setting Start No Earlier Than or Finish No Later Than constraints on my tasks as because:
- Doing so still didnt give me the schedule I wanted (was still over allocated even after levelling)
- I want my plan to be as flexible as possible as I move forward. It may well be that some work finishes ahead of schedule and if Ive set a SNET constraint on a task purely to give an indication of when I think it will/should happen, my plan wont be able to move accordingly.
- Most articles Ive read on the matter suggest that over-constraining is a bad idea, probably due to the point raised above.
What is my best course of action from this point?
I would be extremely grateful for any help here.