Max Effort and Risk Alerts

In the Edit Pane for any plan item, there is a field called Max Effort.   Use this field to record the maximum number of hours (or days) that you have budgeted for that plan item.   For example, here is a project that has a budget of 100 hours:

LiquidPlanner will alert against Max Effort at two levels: 

You'll see a red flame if the expected total hours (A +B) for that plan item equals or exceeds the Max Effort value:  

You'll see a yellow flag if the worst-case total hours (A +B) equals or exceeds the Max Effort Value:  

Tip: if you don't see any of the columns above in your plan, you can easily expose them. 

Don't miss these other scheduling options:  setting a deadline date, setting a delay date, and putting an item on hold.