Finishing Project

Information

• A project is finished when the project target is achieved. The project completion is the official end point of a project. Subsequently, no effort values for achieving the project target can occur..
• In some cases projects end because of cancellation.
• Irrespective of whether a project is completed or cancelled, a project in PLANTA is only finished after certain steps have taken place within the program.

To finish a project in PLANTA project you have to perform following:

• Finish all tasks by setting end dates.
• Carry out the capacity scheduling.
• Create a final status report.
• Unload the project. All plan loads are then deleted, the actual loads are still available.
  • For this, select the Edit Scheduling Unload menu item.
• Set the project to the Archive status.
  • For this, select value Archive from the list box on the Status field in the Attributes/Parameters area in the Project Core Data module.