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LESSON 2: OVERSEEING PLANS AND SCHEDULES

Learning Objectives

Summarize how to oversee project plans and schedules in Unanet AE.
• Summarize how to use and edit settings for Gantt charts.
• Explain how to use the resources for scheduling.
• Summarize how to run reports for monitoring project plans.

Gantt Charts
Project Planning's Gantt chart allows you to plan project tasks, order of work, and gives
you both detailed and summarized feedback on the impact of scheduled items.
Launched from the toolbar in Project Planning, a project's schedule is displayed in an
interactive Gantt chart.

Additionally, Gantt chart can control the timeframe in which you can schedule resources
in Project Planning. Dates can be changed manually in the date columns in the grid
immediately to the left of the chart.

Gantt Chart Steps
• Select a View Option.
• Schedule the WBS beginning with start dates.
• Add finish dates by increasing/decreasing duration or adding a static finish date.
• Use Predecessors (description below) to link WBS nodes together for
ordered/hierarch scheduling.
• Adjust schedules using the WBS Grid or by dragging the Gantt bars displayed on
the Gantt chart.

Gantt Item Descriptions

View Options
The Gantt chart can be viewed in units of Days, Weeks, Months, Quarters, or Years.
Change the view by clicking the corresponding button. When viewing in Days or Weeks,
the current date is highlighted on the chart.

WBS Grid
The WBS Grid displays the project structure and associated planning. Each node can
be scheduled and ordered using the fields contained in the grid.

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