Activities-Overview (tppss2500m100)

Use this session to view general, detailed, tracking, and progress data of activity structures.

Field Information

Project

The code that uniquely identifies the project.

Description

The description or name of the code.

Status

The project status.

Plan

The code that uniquely identifies the plan.

Baseline

The baseline.

Note: 

You can use the following options to view the last approved baseline or the required specific baseline:

  • Current Baseline
  • Other Baseline
Description

The description or name of the code.

Baseline Status

The status of the selected baseline.

General
Activity Position

The activity's position number.

Activity

The code that uniquely defines the activity.

Activity

activity structure

Description

The activity description.

Search Key

The search key.

Text

If this check box is selected, a text related to the activity, is present.

Details
Budget Status

The budget status of the activity. Only the Actual and Final status activities can be used for history and can be invoiced.

Work Authorization Status

The work authorization status of the activity.

Activity Type

The type of activity.

Allowed values

WBS Element

A type of activity usually used to break down the project scope into smaller pieces. You can define work for a work-break-down structure element. You can aggregate the costs from control accounts or work packages. You cannot book costs on this activity type.

Control Account

The only type of activity that can be linked to an organization breakdown structure. At this level functional responsibility for work and costs can be assigned. You can detail control accounts using work packages.

Planning Package

Planning packages are identified during planning to time phase major activities within a control account. You cannot have a bottom-up budget or book costs on this activity type.

Work Package

A type of activity. You can detail short-span jobs in work packages and use it for the execution of a project.

Milestone

An activity of zero duration that usually represents a significant event in the project. In many cases the completion of a phase or a major deliverable. Milestones can be used for the moment of invoicing and the calculation of earned value.

Note: 

LN uses activities of all types only if the All Activity Types checkbox in the Project Parameters (tppdm0100s000) session is selected, else, only the activities of the type Work Package are used.

OBS Element

The organizational breakdown-structure element that you want to link with a control account.

This enables you to make an organizational unit or employee responsible for a subset of the overall project. This responsibility is expressed in the time-phased budget, in project scheduling, and in performance measurement.

Note: 

You can link an OBS element to the activity only if the Use Organization Breakdown Structure check box in the Projects (tppdm6100m000) session is selected.

You can view this field only if the All Activity Types check box is selected in the Project Parameters (tppdm0100s000) session.

Earned Value Method

The earned value method is a way to calculate the planned value and earned value.

Linked Activity

If the earned value method is apportioned, you need to link an activity to this activity.

Tracking
Scheduled Date

Scheduled start date of the activity.

Scheduled Finish Date

Scheduled finish date of the activity.

Baseline Start Date

The earliest possible start date and time of the activity when the baseline is created or approved. The value is defaulted from the selected baseline.

You can enter the start date manually or it can be taken from a particular schedule in an external scheduling package.

The value in this field is defaulted from the Activities (tppss2100m000) session.

Baseline Finish Date

The latest possible finish date and time of the activity when the baseline is created or approved. The value is defaulted from the selected baseline.

You can enter the finish date manually or it can be taken from a particular schedule in an external scheduling package.

The value in this field is defaulted from the Activities (tppss2100m000) session.

Actual Start Date

Actual start date of the activity.

Note: 

The Actual Start Date of the activity is updated only if:

  • The Project Status is set to Active in the Project (tppdm6600m400) session.
  • The Activity Type is set to other than Milestone in the Activities (tppss2100m000) session.
  • The Work Authorization Status of the activity is set to Released in the Activities (tppss2100m000) session.
  • The Activity does not have a child activity other than Milestone.
Actual Date

Actual finish date of the activity.

Schedule Percentage Complete

This is the scheduled progress for the activity, and must not be confused with the actual physical progress.

If you work with a external scheduling package, the planning package can fill this field with the scheduled progress. You can copy this progress to the physical progress with the Generate Physical Progress from Planning (tpppc1240m000) session.

Progress
Budget Quantity

The quantity allocated to the activity.

Physical Progress Quantity

The budgeted number of activities. The progress is compared with this quantity.

Physical Progress Date

The date for which the progress data must be generated.

Percentage Completed

The scheduled progress for the activity, based on the percentage completed.

Note: This is not the actual physical progress. If you work with a planning integration, the planning package can be used to specify value in this field with the scheduled progress. You can copy this progress to the physical progress using the Generate Physical Progress from Planning (tpppc1240m000) session.