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Mini course · PS-210

Resource Loading and Leveling

Put people and equipment on the schedule.

  • Self-paced
  • Coming soon
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 A1000 Kick-off A1010 Define requirements A1020 Design the solution A1030 Procure hardware A1040 Build and configure A1050 Write user guides A1060 Test and fix A1070 Go-live

Course description

Resource Loading and Leveling | PS-210

Load labour and equipment onto activities, read the histograms, and level over-allocations without wrecking the critical path.

Who it’s for: Schedulers who already build logic-driven schedules.

Duration: Self-paced

Outcomes

What you’ll be able to do

  • Load resources onto activities
  • Read resource histograms
  • Level over-allocations using float

Planned outline

What it will cover

  1. Resources

    1. 1.1 Resource types and units
    2. 1.2 Loading activities
    3. 1.3 Histograms
  2. Leveling

    1. 2.1 Over-allocation
    2. 2.2 Leveling priorities and float
    3. 2.3 When to level by hand