Assessment Criteria for Your Project

Schedule Assessment using DCMA metrics for your project Section

In This project tab, the quality of your project schedule is assessed against 16 DCMA criteria. The criteria are sorted in the descending order to display those criteria with the greatest deviation from their respective threshold values.

The following information displays for each criteria:

the percentage of activities that contribute towards each criteria. For example, 10.17% of all activities contribute towards the Positive Lags metric.
the extent of deviation from the set threshold level of each criteria. For example, +5.17% above the threshold of the Positive Lags metric.
The tile color indicates compliance (green) or non-compliance (red) of each assessment criteria.
Note: You can change the threshold levels for the DCMA critera in the filter panel and click Apply to review the impact on the projects being compared in this tab. To permanently modify the threshold values for a criteria, contact your CIC Administrator.

To further analyze your project schedule, you can perform any of the following actions:

Click on a tile to generate a list of non-compliant activities that are contributing towards that specific assessment criteria
Click Export to export the list of non-compliant activities to an Excel spreadsheet for offline processing.

Activity Details for a Selected DCMA Metric on the Schedule Assessment Page

Depending on the assessment criteria you select, the following details may display:

Note: The activity details displayed for each metric can vary.

Activity ID: A unique ID associated with an activity.
Activity Name: The name of the activity. The activity name does not have to be unique.
Activity Start: The start date and time of the activity.
Actual Finish: The date and time when the activity was completed.
Activity Status: The current status of the activity.
Baseline Project Finish: The planned project completion date when the project baseline was saved.
Data Date: The progress point, or "as-of date", for activities in the project.
Current Scheduled Finish: The date on which the activity is to be completed in the current project schedule.
Finish: The date on which the activity is scheduled to be completed.
Lag: A permitted modification to the Start-to-Start, Start-to-Finish, Finish-to Start, Finish-to-Finish logical relationships is called lag. Lag values can be positive numbers (a delay, slower, deceleration of progress) or negative numbers (lead time, faster, acceleration of progress).
Link to Activities: Select this link to directly access the activity in P6 EPPM and make changes as necessary.
Predecessor ID: The ID of the previous activity that was completed before the current activity.
Primary Constraint: The position of the constraint type for the selected activity.
Primary Constraint Date: The constraint date for the activity, if the activity has a constraint. The activity's constraint type determines whether this is a start date or finish date. Activity constraints are used by the project scheduler.
Project Name: The name of the project whose schedule is being analyzed.
Relationship Type: The relationship associated with the activity. It can be a Finish-to-Start (FS), Start to Finish (SF), Start to Start (SS), or Finish to Finish (FF) relationship.
Remaining Duration: The total working time from the activity remaining start date to the remaining finish date. The remaining working time is calculated using the activity's calendar. Before the activity is started, the remaining duration is the same as the planned duration. After the activity is completed the remaining duration is zero.
Secondary Constraint: The position of the constraint type for the selected activity. This field is only available if a primary constraint has been selected.
Secondary Constraint Date: The date for the activity's secondary constraint, if the activity has a secondary constraint. The activity's constraint type determines whether this is a start date or finish date. This field is only available if a primary constraint has been selected.
Successor Activity ID: The ID of the next activity that will begin upon completion of the current activity.
Total Float: The amount of time the activity can be delayed before delaying 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. It is calculated as Late Start minus Early Start or as Late Finish minus Early Finish.
Actions: Depending on where your project data resides, click the link to view the activity in P6 EPPM or Primavera Cloud.

Select the Export link to export data into the following file formats: PDF, Excel 2007+, Powerpoint 2007+, web Archive (.mht) Data (CSV format, Tab delimited Format, or XML format). Upon successful completion, the following confirmation message displays: The Export process is complete.

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