TABLE OF CONTENTS There are some terms and concepts used in scheduling and some that are specific to Primavera Contractor that must be understood before updating a project schedule:
There are three stages of an activity lifecycle:
Not Started The Early Start and Early Finish dates are calculated from the Predecessors, Constraints and Activity Duration.
In-Progress The activity has an Actual Start date but is not complete.
Assigning an Actual Start date overrides the Start Constraints and Start Relationships which are used to calculate the Early Start.
The end date may be calculated from the Remaining Duration or a Finish Constraint or a Finish Relationship.
Complete The activity is in the past, the Actual Start and Actual Finish dates have been entered into Primavera, and they override all logic and constraints.
This section will explain how Primavera Contractor assigns the Actual Start of an In-Progress activity. These activities have been started but not completed since the last update.
When an Actual Start date is assigned in the Actual Start field by checking the Started check box, or entering a date in the Actual Start column, this date overrides the Early Start date.
The activity Actual Start date is set to equal the Early Start date when this box...
