Automatic Time Analysis
Open Plan includes an automatic mode that performs time analysis whenever you perform certain tasks.
These tasks are as follows:
- Changing the logic of the project by cutting, pasting, adding, or deleting an activity
- Changing activity information such as target dates or durations
- Entering progress information about activities
- Changing project information such as the target dates or Time Now
To enable or disable the automatic time analysis mode, select Analyze Each Time Data Changes on the Options tab of the Time Analysis dialog box.
You can also click
on the Processes tab to enable or disable the automatic time analysis mode.
Note: Time Now is the project status date. All project information is assumed to be complete up to Time Now, and Open Plan will not schedule any activities prior to this date. If this is not appropriate for your project, you can set the value of Time Now on either the Time Analysis dialog box or the Status tab of the Project Properties dialog box.
You can also set Open Plan to run time analysis automatically for new activities without enabling the Auto-analyze option.
Attention: For more information, see
Options Dialog Box Project Tab.