Standard Activities (tppdm1110m000)

Use this session to create and maintain standard project-related activities for which default values have been defined.

Note

You can use this session to maintain a library of standard activities. These can be copied to specific activities in the Requirements Planning module.

 

General
Activity

The code that identifies the standard activity.

Description

The description or name of the code.

Search Key

The search key for the activity.

Activity Type

A activity structure can contain multiple levels of activities so as to subdivide the project scope into manageable packages of work. For this reason, the contents of the activity in the activity structure can differ. Other types of activities are often implicated, depending on their place in the activity structure.

Allowed values

Type of Activity

Unit

The unit of measure appropriate to the activity for quantity.

Description

The description or name of the code.

Time Unit

The time unit appropriate to the activity for duration.

Critical Capacity Type

Indicates which of the cost types is the critical one for the delivery of this activity.

Allowed values

Capacity Type

Earned Value Method

The type of earned value method determines how budget amounts are to be released in the time-phased budget.

Allowed values

Earned Value Method

Start Percentage

The percentage value assigned to the start point of the activity. At the start of the activity, a specified percentage of the project activity can be considered as earned value. The sum of the start and end percentage must be 100%.

Note

This field is enabled only if the status of the Earned Value Method is set to Start and End Percentage. The percentage is used as the default for the To use earned value related data as part of the time phased budget.

End Percentage

The percentage value assigned to the end point of the activity. The sum of the start and end percentage must be 100%.

Note

This field is enabled only when the Earned Value Method is set to Start and End Percentage.

Milestone Percentage

The milestone percentage of the activity.

Note

This field is enabled only when the Activity Type is Milestone. The sum of all the Milestone Percentages linked to the activity must be 100%.

Text

If this check box is selected, the current activity has an associated text, which you can access by clicking the Text button.

Control
Production Rate

The expected rate of production for this activity. This is expressed in the number of production units per time unit.

Physical Progress Registration

The default level at which you want to record progress against this activity.

Invoicing Details
Progress based Invoicing

Indicates how the current activity must be invoiced.

Progress for Invoice

Indicates the type of work that makes up the activity.

Allowed values

Element Type

Note

This value is based on the value of the Progress based Invoicing field.

If the Progress based Invoicing is set to:

  • Yes, the Direct and Indirect values are enabled.
  • No, Direct and Not Applicable values are enabled.
To be Settled

If this check box is selected, additional work relating to this activity can be settled. This applies only where the invoicing method is Progress Invoice and the work is Direct.

Note

This check box is enabled only if the Progress based Invoicing field is set to Yes.

Billable

If this check box is selected, the selected activity can be invoiced to the customer.

Service
Reference Activity

The reference activity.

Note

The reference activity data can be defaulted to the Activities session.

Description

The description or name of the code.

Frequency

The number of times a reference activity occurs as a part of project activity.

Apply Frequency to

The method in which the frequency of a reference activity as part of the project activity must be used:

Allowed values

Apply Frequency To