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Resource levelling smooths peaks to fit available capacity, and where the peak exceeds availability the schedule must extend. Total effort divided by available resources gives the theoretical minimum levelled duration — the floor no amount of sequencing can beat.
Average demand
Average demand = Total effort / Project duration
Levelled duration
Levelled duration = Total effort / Available resources
Levelling allows the end date to move to respect resource limits; smoothing keeps the end date and uses float to reduce peaks.
Because if the average already exceeds availability, no sequencing helps — the project is under-resourced, not badly scheduled.