Understanding and Resolving Scheduling Conflict: Expected Work Exceeds Given Value

From time to time we receive in support following question:
Why does Merlin show some text and durations in orange?

These are rows with weak scheduling conflicts.

Express files in Merlin Project

You use Merlin Project Express to plan your projects? Then you already know that the little brother of Merlin Project has a reduced scope of functions which is sufficient for your planning.

But what if you want to share a Merlin Project Express file with Merlin Project users?
Some things you should know:

What Is My Ip Address?

The best thing about Macs is that things work simply, nicely and silently. You do not really need to know much about macOS operating systems, computer architectures, file systems, application interfaces or protocols. You just use your applications and be creative. This applies to Merlin Project and Merlin Project Express as well.

You can let Merlin Project for example publish project structures to the Calendar and have them synced among various devices. You see it accessing Contacts for the resources. You can get it to mail reports to project stakeholders and sync edits of other users into one file seamlessly. It all simply works like a charm!

Occasionally though, a bit of technical understanding comes handy to you.

Setting Up Working Time in Project's Calendars for Professionals

What does a project manager do? He is responsible for the planning and realization of projects. He has to find out what needs to be done, who can do it, how long it takes and how much it will cost. His job is to utilize the maximum working time of his team and to deliver the project at the agreed timeframe. He juggles work packages, resources, costs and deadlines.

Merlin Project: Overtime Work

You use Merlin Project to plan your projects? Then you already know how to define activities by work, duration, or a combination of both.

What if you need to record overtime?
This is how to proceed: