Project Management Schedule - explanation on the different fields when creating a new schedule

[Pascale VG]

Hello everyone,

We want to start using PPM in our company. When creating a project you can choose/create a schedule you want to use for your project. Can somebody explain me what the different fields in this form are about? Where can I find information on this?
I already searched Nowcreate and the Product Documentation but without any success so far.

Thanks in advance for any help on this topic.

Pascale

[KG23]

Without an assigned schedule, a project calculates a day as a full 24 work hours. To schedule tasks by a more realistic work day, assign a schedule to the project. If the schedules provided in the base system do not suit your needs, define a new one.

Procedure

1. Open a project.
2. If the Default view is active, right-click the header bar and select View > Advanced.
3. Select a schedule in the Schedule field.

Project Management Schedule

The default schedule for all new projects, which is Monday to Friday 8 A.M. to 12 P.M. and 1 P.M. to 5 P.M. (for a total of 8 hours), not including weekends.

https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/utah-it-business-management/page/product/resource-management/conc...

https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/utah-it-business-management/page/product/project-management/task/...

[Pascale VG]

Thank you for this information but this is not what I'm looking for. As I said, when creating a new schedule a form is shown where you have to complete data within an number of fields but what do these fields mean?

[Itellyon]

You can adjust the planned start and end dates manually, but keep in mind that dependencies and task durations might shift. It’s always useful to cross-check baseline data for changes.

[Itellyon]

A project manager public sector handling multiple schedules often needs a clear understanding of planned vs. actual dates. The auto-scheduling feature can be helpful, but adjusting dependencies manually sometimes works better for complex projects.