Tracking Gantt Chart

[College Student Learning Project]

Is it possible to track changes to the schedule and make it easy to present
to customers? I would like to be able to overlap changes on top of the
baseline. Either a different color bar or different pattern for the portion
of the task that last longer than the original baseline.

For example: A task starting 6/1/06 with a duration of 3 days would be due
6/5/06 but scrapped material actually makes it deliverable on 6/8. I would
like the task bar to be blue from 6/1 until 6/5 then be red signifying that
it is edited or late.

Anyone know if this is possible? Even if it had to be a more manual
modification.

Thanks,

 

[davegb]

Is it possible to track changes to the schedule and make it easy to present
to customers? I would like to be able to overlap changes on top of the
baseline. Either a different color bar or different pattern for the portion
of the task that last longer than the original baseline.

For example: A task starting 6/1/06 with a duration of 3 days would be due
6/5/06 but scrapped material actually makes it deliverable on 6/8. I would
like the task bar to be blue from 6/1 until 6/5 then be red signifying that
it is edited or late.

Anyone know if this is possible? Even if it had to be a more manual
modification.

Thanks,

Have you looked at the View, "Tracking Gantt"?

 

[College Student Learning Project]

That is what I was originally looking at the baseline is in black below the
task bar. I am wondering if the task bar could be edited to change color
after that task is beyond the due date(red) or (green) for the portion that
it is early. I am looking for a way to make the presentation to a non-user
customer or manager easier to interpret.

thanks

 

[davegb]

That is what I was originally looking at the baseline is in black below the
task bar. I am wondering if the task bar could be edited to change color
after that task is beyond the due date(red) or (green) for the portion that
it is early. I am looking for a way to make the presentation to a non-user
customer or manager easier to interpret.

thanks

The only way to do that would be with a VBA macro, which is quite an
undertaking. So, for all intents and purposes, no.

It seems to me that even a not-very-bright customer would see the bar
above (current schedule) ending before or after the bar below
(baseline) and tell that the task is ahead or behind schedule. You
could put in a stoplight indicator in the table to give an additional
clue as to the task's status.

Hope this helps in your world.

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

I should try this before answering but don't have the time.
In Bar Styles add two bars:
Early, show for normal tasks, appearance is the half bar below, green, draw
from finish to baslinefinish
Late,show for normal tasks, appearance is upper half bar, red, draw from
baselinefinish to finish.
Vaguely remember did something like that years ago.
HTH