Baselines
From OpenProj
Managing Project baselines is a key element in tracking your project's progress. A baseline is a snapshot of your project's schedule at a given time. It is a good idea to always save a baseline of your project before it begins. This is the initial plan, and you can plot your project's progress by comparing it to the plan. Furthermore, the Baseline Cost can be thought of as the project's planned budget.
[edit] Saving a Baseline
You can save a baseline for a selection of tasks or the whole project using the Save Baseline Dialog.
Likewise, you can clear a baseline for a selection of tasks or the whole project using the Clear Baseline Dialog.
Go to the Tools menu and select Tracking to open the Baseline Dialog.
Approx Translation (Please Correct): To Save a Base Line select the Task, and enter the Project Save Baseline Dialog. In the same manner you can Erase a Baseline using the Clear Baseline Dialog.
Select Tracking from the Toolbar to open the Baseline Dialog.
[edit] Baseline Data
You have a choice of up to 11 baselines for any given project. They are named Baseline, Baseline1... Baseline10. Correspondingly, there are 11 variants of each of the following fields:
- Baseline Cost
- Baseline Work
- Baseline Start
- Baseline Finish
- Baseline Duration
[edit] Applications of Baselines
- The Gantt chart will display baseline bars under the regular bar
The color of baselines corresponds to the coloring and ordering on the charts. The colors and order of display under the bars are are as follows :
