Schedule Status Outlook

The Schedule Status Outlook can also affect the schedule status.

It can be set at the plan level on the Plan page’s Vertical View on the Status Configuration tab or at the task level on the Plan Task page’s Vertical View on the Additional Information tab.

Values are:

  • Inherit - A task’s schedule status settings are inherited from the plan level. This value is available at the plan task level only.
  • Optimistic - A task’s schedule status can improve. For example, a task passes the Post-Start Warn threshold and its Schedule Status icon is red. Work on the task begins. The Schedule Status icon for the task changes to green.
  • Pessimistic - A task’s schedule status cannot improve. The schedule status either does not change or becomes worse. For example, if work on a task has not started and the Pre Start Warn threshold has passed, the Schedule Status icon for that task is yellow. Depending on how work proceeds on the task, the task’s Schedule Status icon remains yellow or changes to red, but will never be green, even if the task is back on schedule.

NOTE The task’s schedule status can improve if the Status Outlook is updated from pessimistic to optimistic.