Deviations MOD009AC1

Access

• Project panel → Further... → Deviations

Information

• In this module, the current project status can be compared to the status of already existing, released status reports.

Procedure

• When you open the Deviation module for the first time, the current planning data and the data from the most recent of the selected status reports is displayed. If the status reports have already been compared for the selected project, data of the last compared status report is loaded by default when you open the Deviation module.
• If there are further released status reports in the project which are also approved for analysis, you can have them displayed in a dialog module via the Report selection button at the bottom margin of the Deviations module and select them for comparison.
  • Newly created and released status reports are also released for analysis by default and are automatically available in the report selection dialog module of the Deviations module for comparison purposes.
• Click on the number of the required status report. The data of the report is displayed next to the current data of the project and can be compared.

Details

• The NEW traffic light indicates new tasks of the current schedule, i.e. tasks which had not existed in the schedule at the time of creation of the selected status report.
• For tasks which are neither contained in the status report nor in the current planning, no traffic lights are displayed.
• In the No longer available in the current plan area, tasks are displayed which had still existed in the schedule at the time of creation of the selected status report but which have already been removed from the current schedule.

Note

• If changes are made in other modules which have an impact on the data in the Deviations module while the Deviations module is running, the Refresh button is displayed at the bottom margin of the Deviations module, which
  • signalizes that there are changes which are not yet represented in the running Deviations module, and
  • is furthermore used to refresh the display in the module.

Module Variants

Legend Project

Symbol	Meaning	Color	Comment
	Requested dates		Requested start and Requested end are defined in the Key dates area in the respective core data module (Project Core Data, Idea Core Data, Proposal Core Data, Program Core Data).
	Calculated dates	The color of the bar is determined by the code of the planning object. Code A Code B Code C Code D Code E	Calc. start and Calc. end of a planning object are calculated by clicking on the calculation button . The code of the planning objects is defined and changed in the Edit Planning Objects module (the code of projects and proposals can also be defined and changed in the Project Core Data and Proposal Core Data modules.
	Actual dates	The bar is hatched in white. The background color depends on the code of the planning object.	Actual start and Actual end (if available, otherwise Latest time recording date ) of a planning object. They are determined from the actual dates of the tasks (Actual start/Actual end) during calculation of the schedule of the respective planning object by clicking on the calculation button .
	Float		Float available when the calculated end date (Calc. end) is earlier than the requested end date (Requested end).
	Date delay		A date delay occurs when the calculated end date (Calc. end) is later than the requested end date (Requested end). The date delay bar immediately follows the bar for calculated dates and is customized with a color gradient so that the red color has various shades.
	External links	outgoing incoming
	Master milestones	without delay with delay with Actual end	Tasks are defined as master milestones in the Schedule module.
	Master milestone delay		Master milestone delay exists if Calc. end of a master milestone is later than its Latest end.

Symbol	Meaning	Color	Comment
	Task requested dates		Requested start and Requested end of a task can be defined in the corresponding data fields in the Schedule module or they can be enetered directly in the bar chart.
	Calculated dates of the tasks	uncritical critical	Calc. start and Calc. end are calculated by clicking on the  Calculated schedule menu item button. Uncritical means: Total float > 0 Critical means: Total float <= 0 Since in PLANTA project the definition of requested dates on tasks leads to Total float = 0, tasks which do not necessarily lie on the critical path can be critical as well.
/	Milestones/ master milestones	/ without delay / with delay / with actual end	Without delay means: Total float >= 0 With delay means: Total float < 0
	Calculated dates of the summary tasks		A summary task is a task in the structured schedule consisting of sub-tasks which are summarized here. Information on the summary task, such as duration and dates, is determined automatically from the sub-tasks.
	Actual dates	The respective bars are white hatched if the Splitting parameter is deactivated, and gray hatched if the parameter is activated.	Actual start and, if available, Actual end, otherwise Latest time recording date of a task, are calculated from the respective dates of the resources assigned to the task by clicking on the  Calculate schedule menu item button or by setting them manually.
	Latest dates		Calc. start and Calc. end of a task are calculated by clicking on the  Calculated schedule menu item button.
	Task delay		A delay exists if Calc. end of a master milestone is later than its Latest end.
	Task overlapping		Overlapping = possible delay of task successor when using soft links. For further information, see here.
	External links	outgoing incoming

Symbol	Meaning	Color	Comment
	Calculated dates of external tasks	uncritical critical	Calc. start and Calc. end of external tasks are calculated by clicking on the calculation button in the toolbar or by selecting the respective menu item. Uncritical means: Total float > 0 Critical means: Total float <= 0 Since in PLANTA project the definition of requested dates on tasks leads to Total float = 0, tasks which do not necessarily lie on the critical path can be critical as well.
	Calculated dates of external summary tasks
/	Milestones/master milestones of the external summary tasks	/  without delay  /   with delay  /   with Actual end	Without delay means: Total float >= 0 With delay means: Total float < 0
	Requested dates of external tasks		Requested start and Requested end are defined in the Key dates area in the respective core data module (Project Core Data, Idea Core Data, Proposal Core Data, Program Core Data).

Symbol	Meaning	Color	Comment
	Calculated dates from status report		Calc. start and Calc. end of the planning object from the selected status report.
	Calculated dates of the tasks from the status report		Calculated dates of the tasks from the status report Calc. start and Calc. end of the tasks from the selected status report.
	Calculated dates of the summary tasks from the status report		Calc. start and Calc. end of the summary tasks from the selected status report.
/	Milestones/master milestones of the tasks from the status report