Comparing a baseline with the current plan

You can compare a baseline with the current project plan to understand how your project is progressing against the baseline. Activities with variance, if any, between the baseline and current values, are indicated in the comparison.

Before you begin

Use the Baseline viewlet to perform this task. In the navigation bar, click Work, and click the Baseline tab.

To compare a baseline, you must have created atleast one baseline for the project. For more information on creating a baseline, see Creating a baseline

About this task

To compare a baseline with the current plan:

Procedure

  1. In the WBS tree, click the project to compare the baseline for.
  2. In the Baseline viewlet, select the Baseline 1 check box, and then select a baseline from the drop-down list.
    Important: If there are no saved baselines for the selected project, the drop-down list is empty.
  3. Select the Current check box.
  4. Click Show. The baseline values and the current values for start date, end date, duration, and effort (if applicable) are displayed in the respective columns. Items where the schedule comparison shows a delay are displayed in bold red text.

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