Use the resize option to see the impact on your resources of extending or compressing the length of a project.


Note: This article refers to projects. Depending on your configuration, you may see alternate terminology used in your environment.



First select the what if control at the top of the planner.





Select the resize option.



Set the number of weeks to extend or compress the project by. You can also set an explicit date to extend or compress to.


Then select either stretch work or adjust work:


  • Stretch work. The total amount of work will remain the same.


  • Adjust work. The total amount of work will increase if you extend or decrease if you compress.




Understanding how extend and compress works


If work row consists of a single segment:


  • When you extend additional weeks are added to the end of the work. 
  • When you compress weeks are removed from the end of the work.


If work row consists of multiple segments:


  • When you extend additional weeks are added to the end of the latest segment.
  • When you compress:
    • Weeks are removed from the end of the latest segment until the segment is 1 week in length.
    • Then the segment will move earlier in time until it hits another segment.
    • Then the segments will merge and use the process for single segment work.