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   <Header>
      <Title>To use baselines in Project</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2264539">
         <Level1>Baselines</Level1>
         <Level2>Project</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2264545">
         <Level1>Project</Level1>
         <Level2>baselines</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>Project <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#BaseliPlanni_tp" role="glossary">baselines</Link> refer to the
		  scheduled start and end dates of each <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000005" role="glossary">activity</Link> and <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#Milestone_tp" role="glossary">milestone</Link> in an activity structure at a certain date. You
		  can enter dates through:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>The external scheduling
		  package.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pss/tppss2220m000" role="session">Create/Update Baseline (tppss2220m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pss/tppss2120m000" role="session">Activity Baseline (tppss2120m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pss/tppss2121m000" role="session">Milestone Baseline (tppss2121m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </AimSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Use a baseline for...</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>A baseline is a snapshot
		of the scheduled time line of activities. It can be used to time-phase a top
		down budget version in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/ptc/tpptc5200m000" role="session">Generate Time Phased Budget (tpptc5200m000)</GUIRef> session. The time-phased budget is
		calculated by using the budget version and the baseline (taking into account
		the earned value method, and the scheduled dates of the activities).</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>A baseline is used for
		performance measurement. If you want to generate performance measurement, the
		baseline must be <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/domains/pss.bsta#approved" role="option">Approved</GUIRef> and also the budget version must be <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/domains/ptc.stat#actual" role="option">Actual</GUIRef>. Amounts of the scheduled activities that can be
		released depends on where the activity on the baseline is positioned in the
		performance measured periods.</Paragraph>
      <ExampleSection>
         <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>Activity A has a
		  distributed amount of a 10,000 euros with the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/domains/pss.mevl#dsepr" role="option">Start and End Percentage</GUIRef> earned value method. 10% is released when starting the
		  activity, 90% is released at finishing it. The baseline is approved and falls
		  into three periods. In the first period A starts, therefore an amount of 1000
		  euros is released for that period. In the second period work is still performed
		  on A and so none is released, and in the third period when A is finished, an
		  amount of 9000 euros is released. To release the budget amount LN looks at the baseline
		  data and the EVM.</Paragraph>
      </ExampleSection>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Creating a baseline</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>The baseline data depends on the start and end dates of the
		  activity structure or milestones used in a project. In <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pss" role="module">Project Requirements</GUIRef> you can indirectly create or update a baseline using one of these sessions:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pss/tppss2121m000" role="session">Milestone Baseline (tppss2121m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pss/tppss2120m000" role="session">Activity Baseline (tppss2120m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>If you did not enter a
		  baseline, LN takes the
		  planning dates of the activities.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
      <Paragraph>From each of these sessions you can start the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pss/tppss2220m000" role="session">Create/Update Baseline (tppss2220m000)</GUIRef> session where you can create or update a
		baseline that is based on the underlying activity structure of this specific
		project.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pss/tppss0520m000" role="session">Baselines (tppss0520m000)</GUIRef> session provides an overview and enables you to change
		the baseline status.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000024" role="manual">To use an activity structure</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000072" role="manual">To use distributed amounts</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>