PRJ: How to Use Priority to Affect Leveling in Project

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Resource leveling allows you to resolve resource effort across tasks when a resource is overallocated. Priority of the task is one of the primary keys that can be taken into account when deciding how to assign tasks to an overallocated resource.

Priority can be set on a task-by-task basis. To do this, follow these steps:

1. On the Project menu, click Task Information, and then click the General tab.
2. In the Priority list, click the priority level you want.
   
   The Do Not Level priority option is the highest priority you can set for a task. Using this option, the task will never be delayed by resource leveling.
3. Click OK.NOTE: In Microsoft Project 2000 and Microsoft Project 2002, the Level Assignments option replaces the Do Not Level priority option.
   
   You can set the Level Assignments option field in Project 2000 and Project 2002 to Yes or No. When you set this option field to No for a task, that is the equivalent of Do Not Level.

Once priority has been set, you can modify your leveling settings to take priority into account. To do this, use the following steps:

1. On the Tools menu, click Resource Leveling.
2. In the Resolving Overallocations section, in the Leveling Order drop-down list, click Priority Standard.
3. Click OK.

Once you start leveling, a task will be delayed if it has a lower priority level than another task competing for the resource at the same time.