Additional Planning Options (v8.xx)

Additional Planning Options (v8.xx)

At any time, a project manager can toggle to the plan form that the Genius Planner is embedded in, and define additional planning options for the project.


Options – Generation Options

Automatic numbering of phases


Numbering of the plan phases will be automatic





First phase number

By default the first phase will be number 1. However, this value van be changed manually here


Notifications by e- mail

Specify whether resources should receive e-mails notifying them, of their task assignments






Task status






Assigned

The value in this field defines the status of tasks as soon as they are assigned. The default value is "Setup- General" which means that the value defined in the General setup document it what is being used. This value can be changed on a per project basis. The options are:

Requested Stand-by In progress

Setup-General (the default)







Not assigned

The value in this field defines the status of tasks that are not yet assigned. The default value is "Setup-General," which means that the value defined in the General setup document it what is being used. This value can be changed on a per project basis. The options are:

Requested Stand-by In progress

Setup-General (the default)

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