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overspending on this Task.
The fifth box is a repeat of the actual time spent on a Task and should be read in
conjunction with the report of the actual spend percentage against Latest Estimate
(fourth box). This will help inform you whether you are overspending, or under
spending, too quickly or too slowly.
Workflow List
This lists out the Workflows in your Project in the same way as they are on the Project
Explorer. The same conventions are used for indicating Notes (i.e. blue italics); and
whether a task is completed, has timings or is not completed.
The currently selected Task is highlighted with a pale yellow background. The
treeview can also be expanded or collapsed by using the small ‘+’ or ‘–’ sign. Shown
here below only the Viability tree is expanded; the rest are collapsed.
Gantt Chart
The Gantt chart displays the progress of your Tasks by time. As timings are optional
for Tasks, it may be that there will be nothing to display in this view.
There is a red vertical line on the chart that represents today’s date and, as such,
may not always be visible.
The chart shows two possible sets of dates for each Task. The first of these is the
planned start and finish dates, which are represented by a blue bar,the second is the
actual start and finish dates, which is represented by a green bar.
When no actual dates have been set for a Task the bar will be completely blue. When
actual dates have been set, the bar splits into two. Where there is a dependency
between two tasks, this will be indicated by a green arrow.
Moving around
In order to move around in the Gantt chart, move the mouse pointer over the Gantt
chart until it changes into a hand icon. Simply click and hold the left mouse button
down, which will allow you to drag the display backwards, forwards, up and down, by
moving the mouse. Alternatively, move the mouse pointer to the edges of the Gantt
chart, whereupon the cursor will change to an arrow with the word ‘PAN’ inside.
Clicking and holding the left mouse button will scroll the display in that direction.
You can right click the mouse on the chart to get a context menu with shortcuts to
zooming in/out and displaying date labels.
Dependencies
It is important to realise that the dependency chain is created on the planned dates,
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