PERT Plus - v4.0 - Microsoft Project Proprietary Add-in Tool User Manual

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PERT Plus is a Microsoft Project add-in from Proventures Consulting focused on schedule analysis and optimization. The manual details an overview of the tool, including core components such as Schedule Analyzer, PERT Analysis, and an RACI Matrix approach. It covers installation steps, licensing activation, and trial startup for supported Project versions. The guide then explains Module 1 Schedule Optimizer, including project information, status-based schedule variance, task and dependency checks, constraints and deadlines, and scoring metrics.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryTechnology

FormatPDF

Pages52

Reading Time2 h 11 min

AccessFree to download

PERT Plus Overview

Installation and Licensing

Module 1 - Schedule Optimizer

Project Information

Status

Tasks & Dependencies

Constraints & Deadlines

Score

Module 2 - PERT Analyzer

This document is a detailed Product cum the user manual for the Microsoft Project add-in tool named PERT Plus from Proventures Consulting. This tool contains Schedule Analyzer, PERT Analysis and RACI Matrix PERT + PERT Plus – Microsoft Project Proprietory Add-in software Table of Contents 1. PERT Plus Overview ........................................................................................................................................4 2. Installation and Licensing .............................................................................................................................. 5 Install Schedule Optimizer Add-in [Project 2013/2016] ........................................................................... 5 Uninstall Schedule Optimizer Add-in .......................................................................................................... 6 Activating Schedule Optimizer ..................................................................................................................... 6 Starting Trial of Schedule Optimizer ........................................................................................................... 6 Activating Schedule Optimizer License ....................................................................................................... 7 3. Module 1-Schedule Optimizer ................................................................................................................. 10 3.1 Project Information: ................................................................................................................................. 11 3.2 Status ........................................................................................................................................................ 12 3.2.1 Tasks Ahead of Schedule: .................................................................................................................. 14 3.2.2 Tasks behind Schedule: ...................................................................................................................... 14 3.2.3 Tasks with Actual Start/Finish later than Status Date: ...................................................................... 14 3.2.4 No of Tasks with Out-of-Sequence (OOS) Errors (SO\#701): .............................................................. 15 3.3 Tasks & Dependencies................................................................................................................................ 3 3.3.1 Total Number of Tasks (SO\#702) .........................................................................................................4 3.3.2 Total Number of Summary Tasks (SO\#703) .........................................................................................4 3.3.3 Detailed Tasks (SO\#704) ......................................................................................................................4 3.3.4 Recurring Tasks (SO\#705) .................................................................................................................... 5 3.3.5 External Tasks (SO\#706) ....................................................................................................................... 5 3.3.6 No. of Tasks with missing Baseline info: (SO\#707) .............................................................................. 5 3.3.7 No. of Tasks using Task Calendars: (SO\#708) ....................................................................................... 6 3.3.8 Lowest level WBS/Outline used: (SO\#709) .......................................................................................... 6 3.3.9 No. of Summary Tasks with only one detailed task: (SO\#710) ............................................................7 3.3.10 No. of Detailed Tasks without Predecessors: (SO\#714) ..................................................................... 7 3.3.11

FAQs

What is PERT Plus and what capabilities does it include?

PERT Plus is a Microsoft Project proprietary add-in that provides Schedule Analyzer, PERT Analysis, and a RACI Matrix-related approach for project scheduling and responsibilities.

How does the manual guide installation and licensing for the add-in?

It walks through installing and uninstalling the Schedule Optimizer add-in, activating it, starting a trial, and activating the Schedule Optimizer license.

What does Module 1 Schedule Optimizer help analyze?

It analyzes project information and status, checks tasks and dependencies (including schedule sequencing, lag, slack, and concurrency), evaluates constraints and deadlines, and summarizes results via scoring.

Oct 5, 2026

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