Overview
Use this section to view activities with negative float. Negative float can occur when a constraint or actual date creates a schedule that is shorter than the duration calculated to complete the activities on the critical path. Activities with negative float are critical.
Only a subset of the activities in the open projects are checked. WBS summary activities, activities with an actual finish date, and Level of Effort activities are removed from the subset to create the list of activities checked for negative float. The Actual percentage is calculated as the number of activities found that match the check divided by the total number of subset activities checked.
Screen Elements
Project ID field
The unique identifying code of the project containing the activity which failed the check.
Activity ID field
The unique identifying code for the activity which failed the check.
Activity Description field
The brief description of the listed activity.
Total Float (hours) field
The total number of hours an activity can be delayed before risking a delay to the project finish date.
A float of zero hours indicates that the activity cannot be delayed at all and a negative float indicates that the project is already behind schedule. In a complex schedule, negative total float on some activities might not cause a delay to the project finish date.
Getting Here
- Click Projects.
- On the Projects navigation bar, click Activities.
- Click the Actions
menu and select Check Schedule. - In the Check Schedule dialog box select the Negative Float - Activities with a total float less than 0 option, then click Check Schedule.
- In the Schedule Check Report dialog box, expand the Negative Float - Activities with a total float less than 0 section.
- Click the Actions