General Tab of the Scheduling Options Dialog BoxOverview Use this tab to specify various scheduling options such as schedule progressed activities, calculate start-to-start lag, and the method (Total Float or Longest Path) by which you want to analyze critical activities. Screen Elements Ignore relationships to and from other projects option Determines whether to ignore activity relationships between projects. Make open-ended activities critical option Determines whether to label open-ended activities as critical during the scheduling. Use expected finish dates option Determines whether to schedule activity finish dates as the expected finish dates.. Level resources during scheduling option Determines whether to level resources automatically each time you schedule a project. This option is cleared and disabled if the user does not have leveling permission on any of the open projects. The selection you make for this option is saved in all the open projects when the projects are later scheduled. Caution: This is the only scheduling option that is saved at the user level, so will likely vary among project users, generating potentially inconsistent results. Recalculate assignment costs after scheduling option Determines whether the application should enforce that costs remain accurate when rescheduled dates reflect a rate change. Select to recalculate the costs of resource or role assignments that use multiple rates. When scheduling progressed activities use option Determines the type of logic used to schedule dependent activities with out-of-sequence progress. For example, a Finish to Start relationship in which the predecessor has not finished but the successor has started. Retained Logic: The remaining duration of a progressed activity is not scheduled until all of its predecessors are finished. Progress Override: The schedule ignores network logic and allows the activity to progress without delay. Actual Dates: Backward and forward passes are calculated using actual dates. Calculate Start-to-Start lag from option Determines when you want the successor to start. When a start to start relationship exists and the predecessor starts out of sequence, the scheduler delays the successor activity until the lag expires and all predecessor relationships have been satisfied. Use this option to specify whether to subtract the lag from the predecessor's internal early start date or its actual start date.
Define critical activities as option Determines the method used to identify critical activities:
Calculate float based on finish date of option Determines whether to calculate float based on the finish date of each project or projects.
Compute Total Float As option Determines the method to calculate total float for all activities based on the following methods:
Calendar for scheduling Relationship Lag is list The calendar used to calculate relationship lag. The default calendar for new activities is specified on the Administration > Calendars page or in P6 Professional.
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