I have the following scenario to model:
The owner (Client) has a limited amount of funding per time period (month/quarter). I would like to be able to schedule de project with resource (labour, machine) constraints then run a financial constraint schedule. Here is my problem...when leveling resources I do not wish to split (interupt) any activities, but when I scheduel with financial constraints I would like all activities to be interuptable in order to split them for the next funding period BUT I DO NOT want the activities to be split because of resource leveling.
Is there a way to do that? My solution is as follows:
01. Mark all activities as interuptable, except for funding milestones;
02. Schedule with resource constraints (with Disable interuptions option Checked);
03. Apply the Schedule resource workloads function from the Calculation menu;
04. Schedule without resource constraints but with financial constraints (with Disable interuptions option Uncheked)
The result should allow me to identify resource overallocation due to Owner limited funding and determine the impact on the duration when considering funding limits and resource limits.
My questions are:
A. Is there a way of scheduling resources without interuptions and financial constraints with interruptions? If not wouldn't be usefull for the user to be able to select if the Activities are interuptable for resources or/and materials or/and financial constraints?
B. Is there a better solution than steps 01-04?
Best regards,
Bogdan