Build the schedule, lock the baseline, and track real progress against it. When one date moves, dependent tasks and the critical path recalculate for everyone, and the slip shows up for review before anyone has to explain it at the status meeting.
Lock the approved schedule as a baseline, then capture progress and effort as the work happens. Every task shows its baseline next to its current forecast, so a three day slip on one task is visible this week instead of explained next month.
Solution design finish moved 3 working days. Dependent tasks cascade and the critical path is recalculated.
Link tasks with the dependency logic the work actually follows. When a date moves, dependent tasks cascade and the critical path recalculates automatically, for everyone, in the browser. The forecast moves with the work. The approved end date does not, it changes only through a change request or by a user whose role allows it.
Triggers you configure, such as Schedule Finish or Milestone Due, are evaluated on every data change and can fire on a single task. They surface the variance for someone to review. Nothing is escalated or resolved automatically, a person decides what happens next.
| Item | Trigger | Detail | Status | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solution designCRM Replacement Program | Schedule Finish | Forecast Mar 19, baseline Mar 14 | At Risk | Review |
| Design freezeCRM Replacement Program | Milestone Due | Due Mar 19, solution design 72% complete | At Risk | Review |
| Go-LiveCRM Replacement Program | Schedule Finish | Forecast Aug 6, approved Aug 1 | At Risk | Review |
| UAT sign-offData Warehouse Refresh | Milestone Due | Due Mar 7, not complete | Off Track | Review |
See how warnings work across the whole portfolio in risk management.
Planners work in the Gantt, sponsors want the timeline, the team lives in this week, and delivery leads think in columns. Everyone reads the same schedule, so nobody reconciles versions.
Tasks, dependencies and baselines, where the schedule is built and managed.
Phases and milestones at a glance for the steering committee.
The weeks ahead, with milestones and task starts on the day they land.
Work by status for teams who think in to do, in progress and done.
A date is only half the story. Who is doing the work, what it costs, what could go wrong and how it gets reported all sit on the same project record as the schedule.
See the full PPM platformTask assignments and effort read from the same data as team capacity.
The budget and forecast for the same project the schedule belongs to.
Risks, assumptions, issues and decisions logged against the same project.
Report from live schedule data, then post it as the record for the period.
Schedule progress across every project, in one portfolio view.
The delivery picture for leadership, without building a separate deck.
Stage gate reviews and their to-dos sit on the same project.
The schedule inside the full project workspace.
Start a new project from a saved template instead of a blank plan.
Project scheduling software is where you build, sequence and track the tasks, phases, milestones and dependencies of a project, then keep that plan current as the work happens. The schedule is one part of the wider project plan, which also covers scope, budget, resources and risk, as set out in our complete guide to project management.
Completix covers the core scheduling you use in Microsoft Project, including Gantt charts, dependencies, the critical path and baselines, in the browser, and connects the schedule to resources, budget, RAID and reporting. There is no live two-way sync with Microsoft Project, so bringing an existing schedule across is a one-time migration.
Yes. You can import an existing MPP file to bring a schedule into Completix, and export a Completix schedule back to MPP. This moves a schedule across, it is not a live two-way sync, so a schedule edited in both places at once will not reconcile automatically.
Yes. The critical path is calculated automatically and highlighted in the Gantt, and it recalculates whenever a task date or dependency changes.
The forecast moves with the work, and the approved end date stays where it is. The approved date changes only through a change request or by a user whose role has permission to change it, so the gap between the two is always visible.
Yes. Assign planned effort to a task, then track it against the effort actually reported, alongside the baseline and forecast dates. Progress, effort and dates are all visible on the same task.
Configure Warning Center triggers such as Schedule Finish or Milestone Due. They are evaluated on every data change, can fire on individual tasks, and surface the variance for someone to review. Nothing is escalated or resolved automatically.
Yes. Completix keeps a schedule history, and you can restore an earlier version from a restore point if a change needs to be reversed.
See how Completix connects project schedules, resources, budgets, RAID and reporting in one PPM platform.
