Project management
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.. index:: Project management

You can use Rillsoft Project 6.1 for the following tasks, so as to
accomplish the successful completion of your project targets or even
exceed them and prevent the schedule from getting delayed or, at least,
mitigate the consequences of possible risks:

- separation of completed activities from waiting activities.
- shifting of delayed activities to the cutoff date (actual date).
- assignation or reassignation of employees to and from activities in the
  ongoing project.
- assignation of employees to critical activities to speed up
  execution.
- optimisation of resource utilization of not yet completed project activities.

A project sample before updating
 
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**Separation of completed activities from waiting activities**

- Rightclick on the activity and select from the context menu the
  command **Split > From complete supply** .

**Shifting of delayed activities to the cutoff date (actual date)**

- Set the cutoff date.
- Enter the completion percentages of all activities.

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- Select the menu item **Project > Schedule > Other functions > Move delayed activities to cutoff date**.

**Assignation or reassignation of employees to and from activities in the ongoing project**

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- Mark the activity.
- Activate the tab **Employees** in the window **Object properties**.
- Remove the employee from the activity.
- Click on the button **OK**.

Alternatively: You can remove an employee from several activities at a time. 
Select the menu item Project > Assistant > Employee > Remove the employees from the activities.

**Assignation of employees to critical activities to speed up execution**

- Mark the critical activity.
- Activate the tab **Employees** in the window **Object properties**.
- Assign more employees to the activity.
- Click on the button **OK**.

**Optimisation of resource utilization of not yet completed project activities**

- Set the cutoff date.
- Enter the completion percentages of all activities.
- Select the menu item **Project > Schedule > Other functions > Optimise resource utilization**.

**Note:** Delayed activities will be automatically shifted to the cutoff date during the optimisation of resource utilization.

.. |image0| image:: ../images/project_managen4.png
.. |image1| image:: ../images/project_managen3.png
.. |image2| image:: ../images/project_managen6.png