Scheduling the Project 

Use

You schedule the project for the first time to determine whether the delivery date can be kept.

The project planning board enables you to plan using the work breakdown structure and the network. Basic dates in the project structure are determined by the dates for each activity and compressed into the structure. Bottom-up planning: networks are always scheduled forwards and backwards in time. Backward scheduling is determined as the starting direction in which scheduling takes place.

There are several options for defining control parameters for scheduling. In this example, you choose a different setting than that which is set in Customizing for Project System. You decide that the work breakdown structure should determine the dates since, at the moment, the required delivery date is the only known date for the definition of the project.

Prerequisites

WBS scheduling profile IECPP1 has been maintained and entered in project profile IECPP01 in Customizing for Project System.

Procedure

  1. Call up the transaction as follows:
    2.

    Menu Path

    From the Project node, choose Project Builder.

    Transaction Code

    CJ20N

  2. In the Worklist screen area, choose Last projects processed.
  3. Open your project by double-clicking on Power Plant A-20###.
  4. To expand the project completely, choose .
  5. Choose .

    6. The Project Planning Board screen appears.

  6. Choose Settings ® Options.

    7. A dialog box appears.

  7. On the Scheduling tab page, enter the following data:
    8.

    Field

    Data

    Schedul. method

    WBS determines dates

  8. Choose .
  9. Choose .
  10. Choose .
  11. Choose .

Result

You can see red horizontal bars in the overview for the project planning board. These indicate critical paths. In other words, you must adhere to the times planned (no buffer). If you do not, you will cause delays.

The required delivery date can be kept since the start of the project is in the future.