Reconcile Milestone Weight Variance Dialog Box

Use this dialog box to address variances that are revealed when you run the Reconcile Milestone Weight utility.

When you run the utility, Cobra runs a validation against all milestones to check that the milestone weight for the work package is within the percentage weight variance defined in the General tab of the Application Preferences dialog box.

If the milestone weight varies more than the percentage defined for the budget, Cobra provides you with three options for reconciling the variance: update the milestone weights manually, update the milestone weights programmatically, or ignore the variance.

Contents

Field	Description
Update milestones	Use this option to manually update the milestone weights on the Milestones grid of the Milestones/Steps tab.
Reconcile milestones	Select this option to instruct Cobra to calculate the weight of each milestone based on its associated budget. Attention: For more information on how Cobra calculates milestone weights, see the Milestones/Steps help topic.
Ignore	Select this option to instruct Cobra to ignore the weight variance. Selecting this option can create artificial schedule variances.

Location

To display the Reconcile Milestone Weight Variance dialog box, complete the following steps:

1. Display the Project view and select a work package for which you want to reconcile milestone weights.
2. Click the Milestones/Steps and take one of the following actions:
   • In the Milestone/Step group on the Project Edit tab, click Milestone > Reconcile Weights.
   • Right-click the Milestones/Steps grid and select Reconcile Weights on the shortcut menu.