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The Work Break Down structure or WBS allows you to create projects of activities in a hierarchical manor. These projects are connected through dedicated activities and allows you to breakdown larger set of activities into a set of sub-projects. The Organizational Break Down structure or OBS allows you to create pools of resources in a hierarchical manor. These pools are connected through dedicated resources and allows you to breakdown larger set of resources into a set of sub-pools.
A project contains a set of activities. These activities are connected through predecessor and
successor relationships. These relationships, or bindings, can be Start-to-Start (SS), Start-To-Finish (SF),
Finish-To-Start (FS), and Finish-To-Finish (FF). At any time an activity can
be edited as well as the bindings.
A pool contains a set of resources. These resources each contain a unit
availability, and as such
can be allocated to activities, either in whole units or in fractions of this. At any time a resource can
be edited.
The PERT chart is the basic building view for creating activities. By simply double-clicking on the screen you
create an activity. You will give this a name, and a most likely duration. You may also want to give the activity an
optimistic duration and a pessimistic duration. This is important if you choose to perform Statistic
Time Analysis.
The GANTT chart displays the activities as bars on a time axis. The length of the activity bars are their
duration. Additional float is added to the bars, in a different color. The time axis displayed can be
altered from the Preference dialog, by changing Output Layout.
The Linked Bar chart displays the activities as bars on a time axis, including their predecessor and successor
relationships. As such the Linked Bar Chart is a combination of the PERT chart and the GANTT chart. The Resource Catalog displays the resources of a pool. Each resource displays its Early Start (ES) and its Late Finish (LF). It also displays its Resource Criticality index, which can be seen on the Cumulative Resource Profile. The Resource Profile displays the load profile for a resource. Two Resource Profiles are displayed, one for the Early Start schedule and one for the Late Start schedule. The Resource Profile also displays the amount of units available for the resource.
There are five analysis methods to choose from: Time Analysis, Risk Analysis, Resource Leveling,
Scheduling With Limited Resources, and Scheduling With Limited Cost. The Probability Profile displays the cumulative probability of completing the project on or before the scheduled time. The x-axis displays the project scheduled duration time and the y-axis displays the cumulative probability. The Cumulative Resource Profile displays the cumulative resource allocation as a function over time. A resource criticality index is calculated and displayed as well. Two Cumulative Resource Profiles are displayed, one for the Early Start schedule and one for the Late Start schedule. The Cost Profile displays the cost profile for a project. Two Cost Profiles are displayed, one for the Early Start schedule and one for the Late Start schedule. The Cost Profile also displays the amount of cost available for the project. The Cumulative Cost Profile displays the cumulative cost consumption as a function over time. A cost criticality index is calculated and displayed as well. Two Cumulative Cost Profiles are displayed, one for the Early Start schedule and one for the Late Start schedule. The Project Cost Table displays the total cost for each activity, consisting of cost accumulated from allocated resources and cost directly accumulated from the activity. The Project Cost Table can be sorted. The Pool Cost Table displays the total cost for each resource, consisting of cost accumulated from activities having the resource assigned and cost directly accumulated from the resource. The Pool Cost Table can be sorted. The Activity Table allows for fast columnwise editing of activity data. The Activity Table can be sorted. The Resource Table allows for fast columnwise editing of resource data. The Resource Table can be sorted. The Activity Assignment Table allows for fast columnwise editing of assignment data. The Activity Assignment Table can be sorted. The Resource Assignment Table allows for fast columnwise editing of assignment data. The Resource Assignment Table can be sorted. The Pie Chart for WBS Total Cost/WBS Work Assigned shows the WBS Breakdown of Total Cost or accumulated Work Assigned. The Pie Chart for OBS Total Cost/OBS Work Assigned shows the OBS Breakdown of Total Cost or accumulated Work Assigned. |