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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/ff/project/project_ff_pss_pln" xml:lang="it">
   <Header>
      <Title>Pianificazione</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e372992">
         <Level1>Functions and features</Level1>
         <Level2>Pianificazione</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e372998">
         <Level1>Pianificazione</Level1>
         <Level2>functions and features</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <ConceptSection>
      <Paragraph>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/ptc" role="module">Pianificazione</GUIRef> module contains the scheduling information for
		projects. You use this module to define project plans and the associated
		activities and milestones.</Paragraph>
   </ConceptSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000033" role="manual" Update="No">Plan</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>The planning parameter <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000059" role="glossary" Update="No">plans</Link> cover the default project plan and details that relate
			 to the external scheduling package, including currency, time unit, and details
			 of code lengths.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Milestone</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>An activity of zero days that usually represents a
			 significant event in the project is called a <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#Milestone_tp" role="glossary" Update="No">milestone</Link>. In many cases, a milestone is the completion of a
			 phase for a major deliverable. Milestones can be used to trigger invoicing and
			 the calculation of earned value.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Activity relationships</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>An activity relationship indicates that a certain activity
			 (successor) cannot start or end until another activity (predecessor) starts or
			 ends. The activities must be sequenced accurately to provide realistic
			 schedules.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000025" role="manual" Update="No">Baselines</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>The baseline is a snapshot of the active plan's scheduled
			 activities' start and end dates.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000035" role="manual" Update="No">External scheduling package</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Project uses external scheduling packages, for example,
			 Microsoft Project to determine scheduling information of the activity
			 structure. You can use this scheduling information for an activity budget and a
			 time-phased budget.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>External scheduling interface</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Export a project to an external scheduling package such as
			 Microsoft Project by using an XML file. After you maintain the project plan in
			 the external scheduling package, you can import the updated scheduling
			 information to <GUIRef href="/baanerp" role="package">LN</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>