Check Schedule Dialog BoxOverview Use this dialog box to define and select criteria on which to run a report and check the health of the schedule. Screen Elements Logic option Determines whether this information will be used as criteria on which to run the report. This check identifies activities that do not have a predecessor and successor. This helps to identify how well the schedule is linked together. The default target is less than 5 percent. Negative Lags option Determines whether this information will be used as criteria on which to run the report. This check identifies negative lag relationships between activities. This helps to avoid critical path and total float distortion in the schedule. The default target is less than 1 percent. Lags option Determines whether this information will be used as criteria on which to run the report. This check identifies positive lag relationships between activities, showing the relationships that might constrain a schedule. The default target is less than 5 percent. Long Lags option Determines whether this information will be used as criteria on which to run the report. The value in the field should have a number and a time abbreviation. This value is stored in hours. The default value is 352h (44 days at 8 hours per day). This check identifies lags that are longer than the value you specify. The default target is less than 5 percent. Relationship Types option Determines whether this information will be used as criteria on which to run the report. This check identifies Finish to Start relationships. The default target is greater than 90 percent. Hard Constraints option Determines whether this information will be used as criteria on which to run the report. This check identifies the constraints that prevent activities from being moved because of schedule logic. The default target is less than 1 percent. Soft Constraints option Determines whether this information will be used as criteria on which to run the report. This check identifies the constraints that do not prevent an activity from being moved because of schedule logic. The default target is less than 5 percent. Large Float option Determines whether this information will be used as criteria on which to run the report. The value in the field should have a number and a time abbreviation. The default value is 352h (44 days at 8 hours per day). This check identifies activities with a total float longer than the value you specify. Activities with a large float might be missing predecessors or successors. A high number of large floats might indicate that the network is unstable and not logic driven. The default target is less than 1 percent. Negative Float option Determines whether this information will be used as criteria on which to run the report. This check identifies activities with a total float less than 0. Activities with a negative float need to be justified. Negative float might indicate that the schedule needs to be corrected. The default target is less than 1 percent. Large Durations option Determines whether this information will be used as criteria on which to run the report. The value in the field should have a number and a time abbreviation. The default value is 352h (44 days at 8 hours per day). This check identifies activities with a remaining duration greater than the value you specify. Large duration activities could potentially be broken down into more discrete activities that provide better insight into cost and schedule. The default target is less than 5 percent. Invalid Progress Dates option Determines whether this information will be used as criteria on which to run the report. This check identifies actual dates that occur after the data date or incomplete activity dates scheduled before the data date. This helps to identify activities with invalid dates. The default target is less than 1 percent. Resource/Cost option Determines whether this information will be used as criteria on which to run the report. This check identifies the resources/costs assigned to each activity. A plan without resources and costs is not as meaningful. The default target is less than 1 percent. Late Activities option Determines whether this information will be used as criteria on which to run the report. This check identifies activities that are planned to finish later than their baseline finish. This indicates how well the project is performing against the currently selected baseline. The default target is less than 5 percent. BEI option Determines whether the Baseline Execution Index (BEI) will be used as criteria on which to run the report. This check measures the number of activities that have been completed as a ratio to those activities that should have been completed according to the baseline. The default target is a BEI of 0.95 or greater. Target selector Determines the value associated with the option. If the value follows a < symbol, the target is to have the option item be less than the listed value. If the value follows a > symbol, the target is to have the option item be greater than the listed value. The value is a percentage for all checks except BEI which is a ratio. Getting Here
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