Schedule Critique Overview

The Schedule Critique annotations and filters are available in the Plan view in Schedule. These functions aid schedulers in quickly identifying and isolating potential concerns with the current schedule logic.

Step by Step — Toggle Schedule Critique Annotations On / Off:

Start from the Plan view of a project and select the 1st level drop-down menu.
Under the Annotation section select Schedule Critique.

Once selected, the following icons will populate in the Gantt chart, representing potential logic and schedule concerns. These icons are detailed in the table below:

Icon	Description	Definition
	Missing Predecessor	The activity does not have any predecessor logic links and is not at the start of the project.
	Missing Successor	The activity does not have any successor logic links and is not at the end of the project.
	Lead or Lag	Predecessor and / or successor logic links contain lag.
	Insufficient Detail	The activity spans more than 10 % of the overall project duration.
	Incoming Bottleneck	The activity has 3 or more predecessor logic links.
	Logic Complexity	The activity has 3 or more predecessor logic links and 3 or more successor logic links.
	Hard Constraint	The activity uses a Must Start On / Must Finish On constraint.
	Negative Float	Total float is less than zero.

The color of each icon represents the criticality of a critique. Blue icons are typically not desired as they often impede the flow of a schedule. Orange icons are considered with more caution, as these have a higher potential for schedule delay. Red icons identify activities of serious concern.