Gantt chat

Application of Gantt diagrams:

• Visualisation of of the scheduling of a project.
• Visualisation of the structure of a project.
• Visualisation of the contingency reserve.
• Quick access to the properties of activities and subprojects.

You can use the Gantt diagram for to do the following:

• Create and edit activities.
• Link activities.
• Create and edit subprojects.
• Edit the structure of a project.
• Change the timescale.
• Check contingency reserves.
• Check resource utilization by help of filter settings.

Context menu in the Gantt diagram

For the table of activities

Mark a row (activity or subproject) in the table of activities.
Once you have marked an activity, you can do as follows:

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• Cut – cut the marked activity
• Copy – copy the marked activity
• Fit "from" activities to the latest possible start dates – shift all activities that are scheduled for an earlier time than the marked activity to the latest possible start date
• Fit "to" activities to the earliest possible start dates – shift all activities that are scheduled for a later time than the marked activity to the earliest possible start date
• Shift into subproject – shift the marked activity into a subproject
• Shift from subproject – shift the marked activity from a subproject
• Completed – enter the percentage of completion of a marked activity
• Split – split the marked activity into several activities
• Delete – delete the marked activity
• Properties – view the window Properties of the marked activity

With a marked subproject, you can do the following activities:

• Cut – cut the marked activity
• Copy – copy the marked activity
• Shift into a subproject – subordinate the marked subproject to another subproject
• Shift from a subproject – shift the marked subproject from another subproject
• Split activities into places / rooms – several activities, which are displayed only as a common output, as would be the case with imported GAEB files, can be split along any criteria, so as to allow for the creation of appropriate subprojects
• Assign employees to activities – assigns selected employees to selected activities
• Reassign employees from activities – reassigns selected employees from selected activities
• Set earliest possible start dates – This command is active only for subprojects with fixed start and finish dates and shifts all activities in the subproject to the earliest possible start dates.
• Set latest possible start dates – This command is active only for subprojects with fixed start and finish dates and shifts all activities in the subproject to the latest possible start dates.
• Shift delayed activities to deadline – If the project controlling detects that activities are still not 100% complete and they are still not due, you can shift these activities to the deadline and so update the project's status.
• Optimise resource utilization – most effective distribution of resources, so as to prevent from utilization excess and shortfall
• Delete – delete the marked activity
• Properties – view the window Properties of the marked activity

For the diagram field

In the diagram field, you can mark an activity / subproject and do the following:

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• Expand/collapse all subprojects – Depending on the preferred view, you can expand/collapse all subprojects.
• New activity - creates a new activity at the position pointed to by the cursor
• New subproject - creates a new subproject at the position pointed to by the cursor
• New subproject from file - inserts an already stored subproject of this project at the position pointed to by the cursor
• New link finish-start – sets a new finish-start link between activities
• New link finish-start without delay – sets a new finish-start link without delay between activities
• New link start-start – sets a new start-start link between activities
• New link finish-finish – sets a new finish-finish link between activities
• New link start-finish – sets a new start-finish link between activities
• New incompatible activity group – sets a new incompatible activity group link between activities
• Insert – inserts marked acrtivities / subprojects into a project
• Mark all – marks all activities and subprojects: If activities are subordinated to a subproject, only the subproject will be marked in the diagram.
• Search – searches for an activity or subproject within a project: If you simply enter the first letters of the activity or subproject name into the open window, the searched activity will be marked in the search list.
• Additional resource diagram – You can view an additional resource diagram in the lower area of the bar diagram.
• Additional break-even chart – You can view an additional break-even chart in the lower area of the bar diagram.