Baseline or Dynamic Baseline?¶

Decision¶

Use a normal baseline when one clearly approved planning status should serve as the comparison basis. Use the dynamic baseline when several saved baselines exist and tasks should be evaluated against different reference statuses depending on progress.

Baseline¶

A baseline saves the current project status as a fixed comparison basis.

Use a baseline when:

• the project plan was approved

• a status report is created against a defined planning status

• schedule, effort, and cost deviations should be evaluated against a known status

• a project should be frozen before execution starts

Dynamic Baseline¶

A dynamic baseline uses several saved baselines. For tasks, a suitable reference status is used depending on the progress status.

Use it when:

• several planning statuses were documented

• progress is recorded regularly

• started and not-yet-started tasks should be evaluated differently

• long projects with several approved planning statuses must be controlled

Decision Table¶

Important¶

Save baselines deliberately. Too many baselines make evaluation harder and can increase the project file size.

Related Topics¶

• Save Baseline and Enter Progress

• Perform Target/Actual Comparison

• Evaluate Plan Deviations