Activities

NOTE: Scheduling 2.0 has been deprecated and is no longer supported by CMiC. See Product End of Support for further details.

In the Activities section, there are a number of columns which are displayed by default:

  • Activity Name

  • Start Date

  • Finish Date

  • Resources

The vertical bar which separates the Activities section from the schedule can be dragged to the right to show all the columns.

Columns can be added to the Activities section by clicking on the down arrow in the header of Add Column, as shown in the picture below, and then clicking on the field you want added.

Columns can be removed by clicking on the down arrow in the header of any existing column, as shown in the screenshot below, and deselecting the columns you wish to remove.

Activity Name

An activity is a task to be carried out as represented on the schedule. The activity must have a start date and an end date. 

Duration

The duration is automatically determined from the Start Date and Finish Date fields.

Resources

This column has an LOV of project contacts, from which personnel assignment can be made against the activity.

%Complete

This is the percent completion of the activity, and is represented on the schedule by a purple-colored bar. For a higher-level summary activity, the percent completion is based on the progress of the sub-activities, and is shown as a pale-yellow bar at the summary activity level.

Baseline Finish, Baseline Start

These fields display the baseline schedule’s finish and start date.

Bid Item

This will open the Bid Item LOV so bid items can be assigned to the activity.

Early Start Date

Earliest start date of the activity without affecting the project's start date.

Early End Date

This is the early start date plus the activity duration (including the resources assigned that also affect duration).

Free Float

The difference between the activity end date and the activity's earliest successor start date.

Late End Date

The latest end date of the activity without affecting the project's end date.

Late Start Date

The late end date minus the activity duration (including the resources assigned that also affect duration).

Notes

Enter notes for the activity.

Scheduling Mode

Select the appropriate scheduling mode.

Total Float

The minimum between the early float and late float.