Re: Resource overutilization

I don't think assigning to less than  100% would solve the problem. If I
have to manually identify the overlapped time, then I can schedule it
manually as well. The goal is to remove the necessity to manually
identify the overlapped time (region of over-utilization) and also
remove the need to rework the schedule because of changes in earlier
parts. Even if I did manually assign less than 100%, then when schedule
changes, I still need to go back and modify the percentages again. Not
very convenient.

Do you guys think my proposal is practical to implement? Am I missing
some requirement in my suggested solution?

Thanks.

Sasan




On Mon, 2003-04-21 at 12:17, Jiri wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I agree with you that some function to resolve resource
> conflicts using the existing task priority would be very useful.
> It's a lot of work to change all later tasks manually if you have to
> replan an early task.
> 
> To allow overlapping of tasks you can just assign a resource 
> to less than 100%. Ok, it's not so fancy as your proposal with
> an automated adaption of time commitment, but also less complexity.
> 
> Jiri
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2003-04-21 at 01:55, Sasan Iman wrote:
> > After some thinking I think a more complete solution to over-utilization
> > would be:
> > 
> > 1-Add a property to each task (can be overlapped, cannot be overlapped).
> > 2-If task cannot be overlapped, use the "priority" property to schedule
> > it with respect to other tasks using the same resource, use any-order
> > for tasks with same priority.
> > 3-For tasks with SAME PRIORITY that can be overlapped, extend the
> > duration of the tasks so that the total time spent on the task by
> > resource adds up to his full time commitment.
> > example: tasks A and B (each taking one day) should both be done by
> > resource R, If tasks A and B are overlap-able, then show the duration as
> > two days for each.
> > In this context, overlap-able tasks with same priority form a
> > "super-task" that can be scheduled using its priority with respect to
> > other non-overlap-able tasks for the same resource.  
> > 
> > Thanks for reading my comments and I look forward to your feedback. 
> > 
> > Sasan
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