The schedule baseline has changed and tasks have been moved from one section of the schedule to another. Will WBS Process still run?

Yes. As long as your WBS in Microsoft Project is correct down to the Work or Planning Package level, WBS Process will re-identify new or moved tasks to match the Work or Planning Package they now report to hierarchically.

Does every task in the schedule need to be resource-loaded for Estimates / Reports to work properly?

No. The Estimates / Reports tool creates its output by examining your resource assignments and the WBS of the tasks to which they are assigned. Tasks that are not resource-loaded do not impact the tool’s operation. However, if your file has no resource assignments at all, you will not get a result.

How many Earned Value Methods or Techniques does the SDSI EV Analysis Toolset support?

Currently, we support eight: 0/100, 25/75, 40/60, 50/50, Percent Complete, Level-of-Effort, Milestone Weights, and Milestone Weights with Percent Complete.

How does Baseline Roll-Up differ from Microsoft Project’s Save Baseline function?

Baseline Roll-Up does not copy data into the baseline data locations. Rather it examines the current baseline resource information and aligns task information with it all through the schedule’s hierarchy. As a result, Baseline Roll-Up “corrects” the baseline to the time and amounts associated with your resource assignments. As a result, you can establish new tasks with baseline data that differs from their ETC data and Baseline Roll-Up will leave those differences intact.

If Baseline Roll-Up works with resource information, what happens to the baseline information of tasks that have no resource assignments?

After Baseline Roll-Up handle resource information, it rolls that information up to the associated tasks, and so it goes throughout the schedule hierarchy. For tasks lacking resource assignments, Baseline Roll-Up simply rolls up their baseline dates and durations. Those tasks are not ignored; the baseline data they have is processed.

I selected all 9 analyses for EVM Integrity, but only received results for 4. What happened to the rest of my analyses?

EVM Analyses only reports on those analyses where it finds something that violates the analysis criteria. As a result, EVM Integrity only shows results where they may be a problem. In your case, it found no tasks in the schedule that violated the criteria for 5 of the analyses you selected.

Why does Process BCWP ask for a date?

Process BCWP calculates both BCWS and BCWP; their values are dependent upon the date associated with the calculation. Process BCWP is designed for weekly use and records your processing dates as the Status Date in Microsoft Project.