Setting up schedule defaults

Use the Schedule tab to define the calculation of task durations and units.

1. Go to File > Options
2. Click the Schedule tab.
3. Select the time units that will be used to enter Duration and Work. Duration and Work can be entered in minutes, hours, days, weeks, and months.
4. Define default value for effort driven flag for new tasks.
5. Select how low and high durations will be calculated:
   • Absolute values can be added (subtracted) to the Base Duration.
   • High and low durations are calculated by multiplyingHigh and low durations are calculated by multiplying the Base duration with a coefficient.
   • Internally all calculations in RiskyProject are in hours. The units you select are only for data entry and display.
   • By default, Low, Base, and High durations are the same. This is important as RiskyProject recommends that you use Risks to calculate task durations rather than a range of uncertainty.
   • Low and High can represent a different uncertainty range depending upon the distribution that you apply. For uniform and triangular distributions, Low and High represent the minimum and maximum duration. For normal and lognormal distributions, the range can be P1/P99, P5/P95, or P10/P90, which you define in the Distribution tab of the Task Information dialog for each particular task.
6. Define Units settings.
• Select the labels that you want to use for each time unit. These labels will be used for entering rates or for results. However, they are not used for entering duration.
• Select the Add space before label check box to add a space between the data and label. For example: 5 days vs. 5days
7. Click the Set as Default button to set these as the default project settings.

See also

Setting up your project defaults