Creating activity lists Before you start creating activity lists, you must create activities. See Creating activities. Select Tracking and Planning > Activity List. Click the New icon. Specify this information: Name Specify an activity list name. Description Specify a brief description. Status Select Active or Inactive. Total Work Load Displays the total time duration of all activities that you associate to the activity list. Max Lead Time Displays the lead time by adding the activity that requires the most number of hours and the offset (Activity + Buffer). From the Tracking and Planning menu, open the Activity panel and dock it to any side of the main window. Drag and drop activities from the Activity panel to the Selected Activities section. Click Save or Save and Close.