# Chapter 12 - Using Resources Efficiently: Resolving Overallocations

### Introduction

### Find Overallocated Resources

### Task Adjustments That Resolve Overallocations

#### A Delay You Can Use to Unjam Resources

#### Delay a Task Yourself

#### Delay Tasks Automatically

#### Decrease a Resource’s Work on a Task

#### Divide a Task into Time-Separated Portions (Split Tasks)

##### Portions Are Very Flexible

### Assignment Adjustments That Resolve Overallocations

#### Shift Resources

#### Reassign a Resource to Work Part-Time on a Task

#### Reassign Underallocated Resources

### Modify a Resource’s Working Time

#### Schedule Longer Working Hours or Additional Shifts

#### Assign a Resource to Variable Work Hours for a Task (Resource Contouring)

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