Project 2013 Intermediate

Lesson 6 – Tracking Your Progress

Project 2013

V IEWING S LIPPAGE

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Discussion

If a task starts later than the original baseline start date, or the duration is longer than what was originally planned, the task has slipped. Microsoft Project refers to this situation as slippage, which is measured by the amount of time a task’s schedule is behind its baseline dates.

You can view slippage in the Tracking Gantt view. The tracking Gantt chart is similar to the Gantt chart, but it has paired bars for each task. The lower bar displays the baseline start and finish dates and the upper bar displays the scheduled or actual start and finish dates (depending upon whether or not the task has started). If the bars do not line up on the timescale, the task has slipped. The farther apart the bars are located, the greater the slippage.

Viewing slippage

NOTE

You can also view slippage by using the Gantt Chart Wizard and selecting the Baseline format.

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Procedures

4. Select the View t ab from Ribbon.

5. Select the Gantt Chart dropdown.

6. Select the Tracking Gantt

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