Additional Options
When this check box is selected,
holiday
definitions are considered during scheduling; otherwise, all holidays
are ignored. Note that this option is disabled if no holidays have
been defined. This option is automatically activated when holidays
are initially created.
When this check box is selected,
calendar
definitions are considered during scheduling; otherwise, all calendars
are ignored. Note that this option is disabled if no calendars have
been defined. This option is automatically activated when calendars
are initially created.
When this check box is selected, the scheduling algorithm calculates a
separate
critical path for each
supertask in the project.
By default, the project's early finish time is treated as the
starting point for the calculation of
the backward pass
(which calculates the late start schedule). The late finish
time for each supertask
is then determined during the backward pass on the basis of the precedence constraints.
If a target date is placed on the finish time of
a supertask, the late finish time of the supertask is further constrained by
this value. However, when this option is activated, the scheduling algorithm
requires that the late finish time of each subtask be less than or equal
to the early finish time of the supertask.
When this check box is selected, the scheduling algorithm uses the specified
supertask duration
to compute the maximum allowed
late finish time for each
supertask. Otherwise, the maximum allowed late finish time is determined by
the supertask span, as computed from the span of all the
subtasks of the supertask.
When this check box is selected, the resource requirements for all
supertasks are used only for aggregation
purposes and not for
resource-constrained scheduling.
When this check box is selected, the resource requirements for all
supertasks are ignored.
When this check box is selected, the scheduling algorithm allows activities that
are completed or in progress to have nonzero float. For more information about float, see
total float and
free float
in
Appendix A, "Glossary of Project Management Terms."
By default, all completed or in-progress activities have zero float.
When check box is selected, the scheduling algorithm assumes automatic
completion (or start) of activities that are
predecessors
to activities already completed (or in progress). For example, if activity B
is a successor of activity A, and B has an
actual start
time (or
actual finish time or both) specified
while A has no actual start or actual finish time, then the algorithm
assumes that A must have already finished. Activity A is assigned an actual
start time and an actual finish time consistent with the precedence constraints.
When check box is selected, the scheduling algorithm allows activities
that are in progress at the
timenow date to be
split if they cause resource infeasibilities. During resource allocation, any
activities with
early start values less than the
timenow date are scheduled even if there are not enough resources. This is
true even for activities that are in progress. This option permits an activity
to be split into two segments at the timenow date, allowing the second segment
of the activity to be scheduled later when resource levels permit. Note that
activities with a
target date
alignment type of mandatory start or mandatory
finish are not allowed to be split; also, activities without resource
requirements are not split.