Task conflicts

Viewing task conflicts

Any task conflicts are automatically flagged in Psoda and are indicated by the background colour of the Allocated to column in the Tasks and Milestones tab of the parent asset’s view page (e.g. organisation, programme, project and sub-project).A green background indicates that there is no conflictAn amber background indicates that the task conflicts with another task that has not yet been approvedA red background indicates that the task conflicts with another approved task.Figure 1 below illustrates the way conflicts are displayed.

Figure 1 – View of conflicts via Schedule tab

Resolving task conflicts

To resolve task conflicts:1. Open the task that you want to resolve the conflict for and from the Other views tab, select Conflicts. This will give you an image similar to that in Figure 2 below.

Figure 2 – Conflicts tab

2.You can now take whatever steps are deemed necessary to resolve the conflict, e.g. reduce resource allocation or move the start date of the conflicted task.To resolve this conflict, navigate into the conflicted task’s view page by selecting the link beneath the Conflicted tasks column of the conflict asset listing. From here you can then edit the conflicted task so that the conflict is no longer an issue.