Project overview

This report consolidates successive schedule updates into a chronological record of scheduled completion, performance against the adjusted contract completion date, and period-to-period movement. Each row represents one schedule update at its data date.

To keep track of Adjusted Contract Compl. Date you must enter Days Added given to contractor in each uploaded schedule update, sometimes called weather days or time extension. You can do it at any time at Projects > [Edit] > Project Overview.

• A. Schedule name: Identifies the specific schedule update.
• B. Data date: The date on which the schedule data was recorded.
• C. Scheduled Compl. Date: The projected completion date pulled from the schedule update.
• D. Days Added: The number of "weather days" or time extension given to contractor in each schedule update. It must be manually added to the schedule at the time of import.
• E. Adjusted Contract Compl. Date: The contract completion date adjusted for any time extension, see Days Added.
• F. "Must Finish By" Date: The project-level Must Finish By date is imported from the schedule update. It is usually entered manually in P6 and may affect scheduling. The field is blank when the project has no Must Finish By date.
• G. Cal Days Ahead / Behind: The number of calendar days the project is ahead or behind the adjusted contract completion date.
• H. Periodic Change: The change in scheduled completion date from the previous update.
• I. Total Float: The total float or slack time available in the schedule.

The report compares milestone completion dates across successive schedule updates. It uses actual finish for completed milestones and scheduled finish otherwise. For changes of at least one day, the slippage indicator shows the difference in calendar days from the previous available date for that milestone.

A positive value such as +4 means the milestone date has slipped by 4 days (4 days lost). A negative value such as -8 means the milestone date has moved earlier by 8 days (8 days gained).

The MS Type column identifies the beginning or end of an activity or phase. A Start milestone marks the scheduled beginning; a Finish milestone marks planned completion. Use these dates to monitor project progress.