How Cobra Uses the Early and Late Dates

When you create a forecast class, you specify which date set is used for that class.

Cobra uses the date sets as follows:

• The forecast dates are the default set of dates for the forecast.

  Use the early and late dates to calculate the various forecasts, if needed.

• A budget class can use either baseline or pending dates. A forecast can use either forecast, early, or late dates.
• The IPMR CPR Format 1 report has three sets of forecasts in the header: best case, worst case, and most likely.
• Pending dates are used for what-if analysis and/or change management.

Use the Dates group box on the General tab of the Project view to modify project dates. You can also modify these dates in the Spreadsheet pane.