![]() | Deliverable activities only available when the Release.optIn property is set to true. For more information, see Optionally Enabled Features. |
![]() | If the plan is in auto-execution mode, the availability of several actions depends on the plan or activity state. For more information, see Auto-Execution State and Available Actions. The availability of actions also depends on the status of the plan object as well as your access to it. For more information about status indicators, see Understanding Data Accessibility and Object Status. |
Edit the activity. | |||
![]() | Delete the activity.
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Opens the Track Work window, where you can enter the amount of work completed in terms of hours or percentage. | |||
Create a new deliverable to associate with the activity. The availability of this action depends on the activity type and whether the Link deliverables with project activities option is selected when the project is created. | |||
Assign one or more resources to the activity. Resources track work associated with the activity. | |||
Create an activity to be inserted below the selected activity. | |||
Create a child activity for the selected activity. The selected activity is updated to indicate that it is a summary activity, reflecting the work, cost, and status information of the child activities. For more information about summary activities, see Summary Activity Calculation Example. | |||
View the activity in the Gantt chart viewing tool. | |||
If the plan is in automatic execution mode, this action pauses the activity. No tasks can be completed and delivery of subsequent tasks is prevented until planning or resource issues are resolved. | |||
If the plan is in automatic execution mode, this action manually starts the activity before its scheduled start date. This sets the Actual Start date and moves the milestone to the In Process state. Any predecessor relationships that have been set are removed.
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If the plan is in automatic execution mode, this action completes the selected activity. The % Work Complete is automatically set to 100 and the Actual Work field is updated to reflect all work hours have been completed. |
![]() | Administrators can modify the tabs that appear. |
Details | The attributes associated with each activity. For a list of attributes commonly available in Windchill, see Object Attributes. For a description of attributes unique to activities, see the attributes section below. |
Related Objects | • Resources — Provides information about resource assignment tasks associated with the activity. This table includes the following actions: ◦ Complete ![]() ◦ Reassign assignment—Associate the assignment with another user. • Predecessors—Lists any predecessors associated with the activity. A predecessor is an activity that must start or finish before another activity can start. |
Baselines | View baselined versions of the activity. For more information, see View Plan Baseline Information. |
Deliverables | If the activity is a deliverable activity, this table displays any subject objects associated with the activity. For other activity types, this table displays any standalone deliverables associated with the activity. For more information, see Associated Deliverables Table. |
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Risk | Identifies the probability that the activity can be completed by the due date. Possible values are Very High, High, Medium, Low, Very Low, and Unavailable. | ||
Risk Description | A brief explanation of the risk setting. | ||
Owner | The team member who is responsible for the successful completion of the activity. Owners can track activity work and edit activity attributes. The activity owner can also be assigned as a resource.
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Is Deliverable Activity | If true, the deliverable can be linked to one or more objects. These objects are listed under the Deliverables tab. | ||
Tracking Policy | This attribute only applies to deliverable activities. • Fixed Revision—Links to the latest iteration of the current revision. Use this policy if you are including objects created in a project or program context. • Latest Revision—Links to the latest version of the object. • Fixed Subject—Links to a specific revision and iteration of a version-controlled objects. This policy also links to non-revision objects, with the exception of change objects. Use this policy if you are including a managed baseline or lot baseline. |
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Status | • ![]() • ![]() • ![]() • ![]() • ![]() • ![]() • ![]() For more information, see Project Status. | ||
Status Description | A brief explanation of the status setting. | ||
% Work Complete | The percentage of activity work that has been completed. For example, if an activity requires 10 hours of work and 5 hours have been completed, the percent complete is 50%.
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Estimated Start | The date on which the activity work is scheduled to begin. | ||
Estimated Finish | The date on which the activity work is scheduled to be completed. | ||
Constraint Type | The scheduling constraint for the activity. • As Soon As Possible—The activity can be started or completed at any date. The start date is set to the start date of the plan. The estimated finish date is calculated based on the activity duration. • As Late As Possible—The activity should be started as late as possible. The finish date is set to the finish date of the plan. The estimated start date is calculated based on the activity duration. • Start No Earlier Than—The activity cannot be started before the specified constraint date. The estimated finish date is calculated based on the activity duration. • Must Finish On—The activity must be completed on the specified constraint date. The estimated start date is calculated based on the activity duration. | ||
Constraint Date | • If the constraint type is Start No Earlier Than, then this is the earliest date that the activity can start. • If the constraint type is Must Finish On, then this is the date by which the activity must be completed. | ||
Duration | The amount of time allotted to the activity. | ||
Deadline | The date after which the activity is considered overdue.
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Actual Start | The actual date on which the first activity begins. This can be set when a user starts an activity or changes the % Work Complete attribute to a value greater than 0. | ||
Actual Finish | The actual finish date is set when a user changes the % Work Complete attribute to 100, completes the activity, or completes all resource assignment tasks associated with the activity. | ||
Fixed Cost | Any unique cost associated with the activity that do not include resource costs. | ||
Cost | The total cost of the work involved in completing the activity. The cost for a summary activity is calculated based on the cost of all immediate child activities. | ||
Work | The total number of work hours scheduled for all plan activities. | ||
Actual Work | The amount of work time entered using the Track Work action. |