Another vital aspect of resource allocation is resource-leveling.

Resource levelling ensures that resource demand never exceeds availability.

Project also uses the Available From and Available To dates when leveling resources.

We now do a resource-leveling analysis to determine our capacity across many projects.

The Task Drivers pane displays the amount of time by which the selected task is delayed because of resource leveling.

Different systems will have different options but when we apply a resource leveling algorithm to individuals, this is where we always end up.

In order to understand it, it’s worthwhile to go back to what original designers were thinking when resource leveling algorithms were created.

For example, for a resource capacity planning report, we might require a critical path schedule from the project management system and a resource leveling analysis.

Modern project schedulers have learned not to apply classic resource leveling when scheduling must be done to the individual level.

John is working continuously from week one into week two but what happens when we apply the resource leveling algorithm now?

If that’s so, then you can think about doing resource leveling to the skill or generic level and leaving individual assignments to team leaders.