FastTrack Schedule (6) Flashcards
This set entered on 6-1-14
5.30.14.6
EFFORT DRIVEN AND FIXED DURATION SCHEDULING
1. What are the THREE VALUES considered in the SCHEDULING OF AN ACTIVITY?
a. The DURATION of the activity
b. The PERCENTAGE of the RESOURCE EFFORT (be it human, material, equipment, etc)
c. the TOTAL work- which is initially derived by multiplying the DURATION by the PERCENT EFFORT (or it can be entered by the user).
- FastTrack keeps the total work CONSTANT when:
a TASK IS EFFORT DRIVEN. Changes to RESOURCE ASSIGNMENTS, and thus the percentage of effort, impact the duration of the activity AND NOT THE TOTAL WORK.
- EFFORT DRIVEN scheduling truly begins when:
YOU ASSIGN ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO AN ACTIVITY.
- If you don’t EXPLICITLY assign a resource at the time of an ACTIVITY’S BAR CREATION, the assumption is:
a default value of ONE UNIT OF 100% EFFORT is IMPLICIT IN THE TASK.
- When you DO EXPLICITLY assign that first resource, it simply:
puts a name to the resource giving that INITIAL DEFAULT 100% EFFORT.
- When you BEGIN ASSIGNING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, the BAR’s DURATION is:
affected as you share the effort WHILE KEEPING THE TOTAL WORK BEING DONE ON THAT ACTIVITY CONSTANT.
- You can also tag an activity as FIXED DURATION You do this in:
the BARS TAB of an ACTIVITY’S INFORMATION FORM.
- Activities designated as FIXED DURATION will keep their DURATION UNCHANGED, unless:
the activity is EFFORT DRIVEN, in which case, when assignments are changed, the FIXED DURATION nature is overridden in order to keep the activities’ total work constant.
- How do you DE-SELECT the APPLY EFFORT DRIVEN SCHEDULING option?
in the BARS>ASSIGNMENTS TAB of an ACTIVITIES’ INFORMATION FORM. By doing this, the DURATION will be kept constant.
- How can you determine the DEFAULT SETTING for all three activity values?
in the PROJECT TABLE of the DOCUMENT PREFERENCES dialog box.
- How do you change SCHEDULING SETTINGS to ALL BARS:
in the GENERAL TAB of the DOCUMENT PREFERENCES dialog box.
