
The total cost of a task is the sum of the task cost and the costs of the resources assigned to it. Cost Both tasks and resources can have monetary costs. This is terminology common to outlining software. Child A member of a task or resource group is considered the group’s child. You can compare a baseline schedule and the actual schedule in the Gantt chart using the View > Baseline Comparison submenu. After you set a baseline, further editing changes the actual schedule only.

Before you set a baseline for a project, the baseline and actual schedules are the same. Baseline schedule A baseline schedule, in contrast to the actual schedule, is the way a project is planned to proceed from a given point in time. Manage resource assignments on a per-task basis using the Assigned Resources inspector. Assignment amounts are expressed as the percentage of the resource’s work time being spent on the task. Assignment Assigning a resource to a task means that the resource is expected to be working on that task throughout its duration. Before you set a baseline for a project, its baseline and actual schedules are the same.

Actual schedule The actual schedule for a project, in contrast to a baseline schedule, is the way the project turns out in real life. The following is a list of terms specific to OmniPlan or project management that you’ll encounter throughout this manual, defined and listed in alphabetical order for easy reference. Balancing Resource Loads Across Projects.Using Simulations to Estimate Milestone Completion (Pro).
