There are three categories of Activity Sheet:
- Duration Based Schedules
- Cost Loaded Schedules
- Resource Loaded Schedules
Duration Based Schedules
The Duration Based Schedules are schedules in which customer use P6 to capture “durations” of schedules, only. Users define the CBS structure, Activities, Start / End Dates of Activities, Durations, etc., but they do not do Resource Assignments, or Cost management in P6.
Cost Loaded Schedules
Users use P6 to capture CBS structure, activities, durations, resource assignments, as well costs.
The Activity Sheet, in this case, receives costs as well as dates that come from P6. Users can directly use Unifier advanced modules (Earned value) for cost comparisons.
Resource Loaded Schedules
Users use P6 to capture “durations” as well as resource assignments (resource units, resource CBS assignment, resource units spread, actual resources consumed till date, etc.). There are no costs captured within P6.
The Activity Sheet, in this case, can receive all the resource units and calculate costs using P6 data and rates.
Unifier advanced modules (Earned value) use the calculated costs.
Activity Sheet based on the Schedule type:
- Duration Based Schedules
- The Activity Sheet receives duration based information from P6
- (Not always) The Activity Sheet receives resource assignment related information
- (Not always) The Activity Sheet receives cost related information
- The Activity Sheet is not available as a source for Cash Flow and Cost Sheet
- The Activity Sheet does not have any cost related feature (Assign rate sheet and Recost)
- The Activity Sheet is not available for Earned Value Analysis
- Cost Loaded Schedules
- The Activity Sheet receives the entire duration based information from P6
- The Activity Sheet receives the entire resource assignment related information
- The Activity Sheet receives the entire cost related information
- The Activity Sheet is available as a source for Cash Flow and Cost Sheet
- The Activity Sheet does not have any cost related feature (Assign rate sheet and Recost)
- The Activity Sheet is available for Earned Value Analysis
- Resource Loaded Schedules
- The Activity Sheet receives the entire duration based information from P6
- The Activity Sheet receives the entire resource assignment related information
- (Not always) The Activity Sheet receives the entire cost related information
- The Activity Sheet is available as a source for Cash Flow and Cost Sheet
- The Activity Sheet has all cost related feature (Assign rate sheet and Recost)
- The Activity Sheet is available for Earned Value Anal