Scheduling Options

Schedule Options

The scheduling tab in the details pane allows you to set two important dates; a ‘promise by’ date and a ‘delay until’ date. Each of these fields can be set on a project and/or task.

You can also opt to put a project “on hold,” perhaps because the budget isn’t approved, resources haven’t been hired, or you are not ready to schedule the work.

promise by

If you have a date by which a something must be completed you can set this date in the “promise by” field of the scheduling tab.

The “promise by” date is shown on the schedule tab by a black diamond.

If the range of end dates for the project overlaps or comes after the promise by date, LiquidPlanner will automatically flag the project as needs attention () or at risk () depending upon how late it looks like it will be.

delay until

If you wish to delay the start of a something until after a certain date, the “delay until” field is for you.

The “delay until” date is shown on the schedule tab by two triangles.

When this field is set the schedule will start at the latter of the “delay until” date or the end of the owner’s preceding task.

on hold

The option “on hold” is available for projects only.

Checking “on hold” will put the entire project on hold, so it looks like this in the schedule view:

With LiquidPlanner, you also have the option to set dependencies between tasks.