SIP Overview

Process Overview

Activities from the CPM Schedule show in the Short Interval Planning (SIP) view that are grouped, based on how the Plan view WBS is organized. Each activity can be planned daily by adding the specific steps, or tasks, to be completed. Red and blue bars represent the CPM planned duration. The green colored boxes represent the days that tasks for the step will be conducted.

Planning Steps/Tasks

Steps are created by selecting the Add icon on the row of the activity being planned out. After steps are added, you can then select the step to fill in information (description, dates, duration, and planner) for the task to be completed.

Milestones

Milestones are visually indicated on the SIP timeline and in the SIP activities. This provides clarity and reference to important dates when updating the short term plan on a project. When a blue milestone icon () or a red critical milestone icon () shows in the date timeline, you can click the icon to open a link and jump to the milestone in the step task chart.

Resources

When adding steps, you can assign predefined SIP resources to complete the steps or create and assign them in real time. If the resource does not exist in the schedule, enter a UoM and units, save the resource, and then apply it to steps while planning.