Check Schedule Settings Tab of the Check Schedule Dialog Box

Overview

Use this dialog box to determine the settings to use for the check schedule tool.

Screen Elements

Use Check Schedule Options from list

The list of open projects whose check schedule options you can use.

Relationships - Activities missing predecessors or successors option

Determines whether the report should analyze the percentage of activities that have no predecessor or successor. Started activities and start milestones are not required by this analysis to have predecessors. Finish milestones are not required by this analysis to have successors. Completed activities and WBS summary activities are not included in this analysis.

Target: The acceptable percentage of activities that can have no predecessor or successor.

Dangling Start - Activities with start dates that are not driven by predecessors option

Determines whether the report should analyze the percentage of activities that have start dates that are not driven by the activity's predecessor.

Target: The acceptable percentage of activities that can have a start date not driven by predecessors.

Dangling Finish - Activities with finish dates that do not drive successors option

Determines whether the report should analyze the percentage of activities that have finish dates that do not drive successors.

Target: The acceptable percentage of activities that can have a finish date that does not drive successors.

Negative Lags - Relationships with a lag duration of less than 0 option

Determines whether the report should analyze the percentage of relationships with a lag duration less than zero. Relationships between completed activities are not included in this analysis.

Target: The acceptable percentage of relationships that can have negative lag.

Lags - Relationships with a positive lag duration option

Determines whether the report should analyze the percentage of relationships with positive lag applied. Relationships between completed activities are not included in this analysis.

Target: The acceptable percentage of relationships that can have lag.

Long Lags - Relationships with a lag duration greater than option

Determines whether the report should analyze the percentage of relationships with a lag duration greater than the value you specify. You can specify the value in minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years but the duration will be converted to hours according to the Hours per Time Period settings configured on the Time Periods page of Application Settings. Relationships between completed activities are not included in this analysis.

Target: The acceptable percentage of relationships that can have a lag duration over the value you specify.

Relationship Types - The majority of relationships should be Finish to Start option

Determines whether the report should analyze relationship types. Relationships between completed activities are not included in this analysis.

Target: The acceptable percentage of relationships that must have a relationship type of Finish to Start.

Hard Constraints - Constraints that prevent activities being moved option

Determines whether the report should analyze the percentage of activities that have constraints applied that will prevent the activity dates being recalculated according to the schedule logic. Hard constraints are Mandatory Start and Mandatory Finish. Completed activities, WBS Summary activities, Level of Effort activities, and start constraints applied to started activities are not included in this analysis.

Target: The acceptable percentage of activities that can have hard constraints.

Soft Constraints - Constraints that do not prevent activities being moved option

Determines whether the report should analyze the percentage of activities that have constraints applied that will not prevent the activity dates being recalculated according to the schedule logic. Soft constraints are Start On, Start On or Before, Start On or After, Finish On, Finish On or Before, Finish On or After, and As Late As Possible. Completed activities, WBS Summary activities, Level of Effort activities, and start constraints on started activities are not included in this analysis.

Target: The acceptable percentage of activities that can have a soft constraint applied.

Large Float - Activities with total float greater than option

Determines whether the report should analyze the percentage of activities calculated by the scheduler to have a float duration greater than the value you specify. You can specify the value in minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years but the duration will be converted to hours according to the Hours per Time Period settings configured on the Time Periods page of Application Settings. Completed, WBS Summary, and Level of Effort activities are not included in this analysis.

Target: The acceptable percentage of activities that can have a float duration over the value you specify.

Negative Float - Activities with a total float less than 0 option

Determines whether the report should analyze the percentage of activities calculated by the scheduler to have a float duration of less than zero. These activities are likely to delay the end date of the project if corrective action is not taken. Completed, WBS Summary, and Level of Effort activities are not included in this analysis.

Target: The acceptable percentage of activities that can have negative float.

Large Durations - Activities that have a remaining duration greater than option

Determines whether the report should analyze the percentage of activities that have a remaining duration greater than the value you specify. You can specify the value in minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years but the duration will be converted to hours according to the Hours per Time Period settings configured on the Time Periods page of Application Settings. Completed activities, WBS Summary activities, and Level of Effort activities are not included in this analysis.

Target: The acceptable percentage of activities that can have a large remaining duration.

Invalid Progress Dates - Activities with invalid progress dates option

Determines whether the report should analyze the percentage of activities with invalid dates. Invalid dates for not started activities are start or remaining start dates earlier than the data date. Invalid dates for in progress activities are remaining early start dates earlier than the data date or actual start dates later than the data date. Invalid dates for completed activities are actual finish dates later than the data date. Completed activities with an actual finish earlier than the data date, WBS summary activities, and Level of Effort activities are not included in this analysis.

Target: The acceptable percentage of activities that can have invalid progress dates.

Resource / Cost - Activities that do not have an expense or a resource assigned option

Determines whether the report should analyze the percentage of activities that have not been assigned at least one resource or expenses. These activities might contribute to the miscalculation of project costs. An activity will be considered to pass this test if at least one resource or at least one expense has been assigned, regardless of whether any costs have been assigned to the resources or expenses. Milestones, WBS Summary activities, and Level of Effort activities are not included in this analysis.

Target: The acceptable percentage of activities that can have no resources or expenses assigned.

Late Activities - Activities scheduled to finish later than the project baseline option

Determines whether the report should analyze the percentage of activities that have a remaining early finish date that is later than the remaining finish date of the corresponding activity in the project baseline. Activities without a corresponding activity in the project baseline are considered to fail this test. Milestones, WBS Summary activities, and Level of Effort activities are not included in this analysis.

Target: The acceptable percentage of activities that can be scheduled to finish later than their baseline finish date or have no corresponding baseline activity.

BEI - Baseline Execution Index option

Determines whether the report should analyze the number of completed activities in the project against the number of baseline activities calculated to finish before the open project's data date. Not started activities, in progress activities, Milestones, WBS Summary activities, and Level of Effort activities in the open project are not included in this analysis. In the project baseline, milestones, WBS Summary activities, Level of Effort activities, and activities with a finish date later than the open project's data date are not included in this analysis.

Target: The acceptable ratio of completed activities in the open project compared with baseline activities scheduled to finish before the open project's current data date, as expressed as a percentage.

Getting Here

  1. Click Projects.
  2. On the Projects navigation bar, click Activities.
  3. Click Actions and select Check Schedule, then select Run Check Schedule.

Last Published Wednesday, July 10, 2024