Set The Task Priorities And Project Priorities

Set The Task & Project Priorities

Setting task priorities allow us to specify a task's importance and its availability for leveling. The priority value that we enter is a subjective value between 1 and 1000, which enables us to specify the amount of control we have over the leveling process. For example, if we don't want Project to level a particular task, set its priority level to 1000. By default, priority values are set at 500, or a medium level of control. Tasks that have lower priority are delayed or split before those that have higher priority.

1 In the Task Name field, double click the name of the task whose priority we want to change, and then click Task Information.

2 Click the General tab, and then type or select a priority in the Priority box.

Next, we also can set an entire project's availability for leveling by setting the Project's Priority. For example, if we are sharing resources with another project that serves as a resource pool, and if we don't want to level the tasks in one of the shared files, then set that shared file's priority level to 1000.

1 Click the Project tab. In the Properties group, click Project Information.

2 Type or select a priority in the Priority box.