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Abbas RajabpourMember for 4 years
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Hi All,

 

I am new to scheduling and I have a question.

Before asking my question, just wanted to give you a notice what we generally do( maybe this is a common proceduer in every office):

There is a baseline of the project which is assigned in " Project Baseline" and there is another one which is for the last month and it is assigned in " primary baseline". 

I have updated the schedule in late October and have put all the actuals and everything related to the programme in the software. After that I have baslined the programme and named in for " October" and assigned this baseline for " Primary Baseline".

 

Now I want to create a layout for myself to see the differences between " September" and " October"

1- Are the assigned baseline Okay? " Project baseline: The main baseline of the project, " Primary Baseline : October's baseline with a data date of 1st of November"

2- What columns should I put there to see the changes? 

I know you may say that all of them can be there, but I want the ones which are useful for tracking the changes between these two months.( September and October).

Activity Name
Start
 
Finish
 
BL1 Start
 
BL1 Finish
 
BL1 Actual Start
 
BL1 Actual Finish
 
BL1 Activity Status
 
Actual Duration
 
BL Project Actual Duration
 
BL1 Actual Duration
 
Original Duration
 
BL Project Duration
 
BL1 Duration
 
At Completion Duration
 
Remaining Duration
 
BL Project Remaining Duration
 
BL1 Remaining Duration
 
BL Project Total Float
 
Total Float
 
BL1 Total Float
 
Variance - BL1 Duration
 
Variance - BL Project Duration
 
Variance - BL1 Start Date
 
Variance - BL1 Finish Date
 
BL1 Physical % Complete
 
BL Project Completed Activities
 
BL1 Completed Activities
 
BL Project In-Progress Activities
 
BL1 In-Progress Activities
 
BL Project Not-Started Activities
 
Actual Completed Activities
 
Actual In-Progress Activities
 
Actual Not-Started Activities
 
BL1 Not-Started Activities
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    David Kelly ·
    #1

    You should:Set as Project

    You should:

    Set as Project Baseline, the baseline copy made before the project started with the agreed scope of work

    Set as Primary Baseline the baseline copy made last month

    Add two columns;

    Variance - BL Project Finish date (which shows the difference between the current finish and the finish when the scope of work and schedule were agreed)

    Variance -BL1 Finish Date (which shows the difference between the current finish and the finish last month)

     

    That should give you plenty to think about... Start by sorting the layout in Variance -BL1 Finish Date order to check whatwent wrong last month....

     

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    Abbas Rajabpour ·
    #2

    Thanks David for your

    Thanks David for your reply

     

    What I understood from your message is :

    Project Baseline : " The first agreed baseline of the project"

    Primary Baseline : " Last Month's Baseline"

    So I have a question about last month's baseline you mentioned.

     

    We maintained a baseline at the end of October fir everything which happend in the month with the data date of 1st of Novermber, scheduled (F9) and named it as " Update _ BL _ Oct 22".

    Shall I put this one in the primary baseline or when you say the previous month, you mean the one with this naming" Update_ BL _ Sep 22"?

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    Abbas Rajabpour ·
    #3

    Thanks David for your

    Thanks David for your reply

     

    What I understood from your message is :

    Project Baseline : " The first agreed baseline of the project"

    Primary Baseline : " Last Month's Baseline"

    So I have a question about last month's baseline you mentioned.

     

    We maintained a baseline at the end of October fir everything which happend in the month with the data date of 1st of Novermber, scheduled (F9) and named it as " Update _ BL _ Oct 22".

    Shall I put this one in the primary baseline or when you say the previous month, you mean the one with this naming" Update_ BL _ Sep 22"?

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    Abbas Rajabpour ·
    #4

    Thanks David for your

    Thanks David for your reply

     

    What I understood from your message is :

    Project Baseline : " The first agreed baseline of the project"

    Primary Baseline : " Last Month's Baseline"

    So I have a question about last month's baseline you mentioned.

     

    We maintained a baseline at the end of October fir everything which happend in the month with the data date of 1st of Novermber, scheduled (F9) and named it as " Update _ BL _ Oct 22".

    Shall I put this one in the primary baseline or when you say the previous month, you mean the one with this naming" Update_ BL _ Sep 22"?

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    Abbas Rajabpour ·
    #5

    Thanks David for your

    Thanks David for your reply

     

    What I understood from your message is :

    Project Baseline : " The first agreed baseline of the project"

    Primary Baseline : " Last Month's Baseline"

    So I have a question about last month's baseline you mentioned.

     

    We maintained a baseline at the end of October fir everything which happend in the month with the data date of 1st of Novermber, scheduled (F9) and named it as " Update _ BL _ Oct 22".

    Shall I put this one in the primary baseline or when you say the previous month, you mean the one with this naming" Update_ BL _ Sep 22"?

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    David Kelly ·
    #6

    Abbas, yes. September Project

    Abbas, yes. September

     

    Project baseline - data date the Project Start date

    Primary Baseline - data date one month ago

    Current Project - Data date 'now'

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