User's Guide to  

RiskyProject Professional

Content

What Is RiskyProject?

RiskyProject Features

RiskyProject = Project Schedule + Risks and Uncertainties

Easy to Use Interface

Risk Breakdown Structure

Project Scheduling Engine

Simulation Results

Tracking Project Performance

Project and Task Deadlines

Project Sensitivity Analysis

Crucial Tasks

Risk Templates

Success Rate Gantt

Risk Chart

Probabilistic Branching

Conditional Branching

Risk Correlations

Decision Tree

Integration with Project Management Software

Project Management on Web

RiskyProject Workspace

RiskyProject Desktop

Multi-Document Interface

RiskyProject Views

Switching Views

Workflow Bar

View Menu

View Toolbar

Legends

Splash Screen

Toolbars

Status Bar

RiskyProject Data Sheets

Selecting Columns

Selecting Single or Multiple Rows

Modifying Text Attributes in Data Sheets

Modifying Data Sheets

Insert Columns

Hide Columns

Modify Columns

Copy Columns

Cut, Copy, and Paste Rows

Insert and Delete Items

Undo Command

Tooltips

Create, Open, Close, and Save Project

Create New Project

Open Project

Import Project

Save a Project

Close a Project

RiskyProject Help and Tutorial

Getting Started with RiskyProject

Overview of RiskyProject Workflow

Create Baseline Project Schedule

Enter Task Name and Duration

Define Tasks and Subtasks

Define Predecessors

Assign Resources

Assign Cost

Assign Risks and Uncertainties

Global Risks

Two Methods of Defining Local Risks

Inputting Local Risks Using Task Information Dialog Box

Inputting Local Risks Using Risk View

Risk Properties

Calculations

Run Probabilistic Calculations

How to Define Number of Simulations

Analyze Results

View Simulations Results

Project Summary

Result Gantt Chart

Task Simulation Results

View Task Simulation Results

Sensitivity Analysis

Risk Chart

Risk Chart Analysis

Success Rate

Crucial Tasks

RiskyProject in Details

Project Deadlines

Calendars

Define Working Time

Create New Calendar

Rename Calendar

Tasks and Task Properties

Task Start Time, Finish Time, and Duration

Constraints

Milestones

Task Notes

Predecessors and Lags

Assign Resources to Tasks

Task Deadlines

Working With Risks

Add Risks to Tasks

Entering Risk Description and Mitigation Plans

Risk Correlations

About Cost Calculation in RiskyProject

Define Distributions for Start Time, Cost, and Duration

Probabilistic and Conditional Branching

Project Tracking

Enter Tracking Information

View Tracking Chart

Calculate and Reassess Tasks Using Tracking Data

Tracking Results

Appendix: Field Description

Task Field Description

Resource Field Description

Risk Field Description

Sensitivity Field Description

Glossary