The plan changes and the reference goes with it
Edit a schedule long enough without keeping the original and every date looks like the plan. When the owner asks how far you have moved, you have no line to measure from.
For the project manager
Construction scheduling for project managers
As project manager you own the schedule: you build it, set the baseline, keep progress honest and answer for the variance. This page follows that ownership in Fidrel, from the first import to the day you decide who sees the schedule.
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Where a manager’s schedule gets away from them
One moved date leaves its followers behind
If dependencies live in your head, pushing one activity later leaves the three that depend on it where they were, and the conflict shows up on site.
Everyone holds a different copy
A schedule sent as a file is out of date by the next meeting, and the people asking about it cannot tell which version they have.
What you read every week
The end date carries a variance in days against the last end date of the selected baseline, plus when you are later and minus when you are earlier. The Baseline comparison tile sets Baseline finish beside Forecast finish, and a thin line under each activity that has moved shows its baseline dates. The overview badge reads On schedule or Needs follow-up. It asks for follow-up as soon as an activity is overdue or blocked, past its deadline, or the end date has moved later than the baseline. Turn on Critical path to see the activities with no float, and open any marker to find the RFI or issue holding an activity.
Scheduling
Who edits, who reads, and what you can hand over
Only project and organization administrators change the schedule. The right to edit cannot be given on invitation, not even for part of the plan, so you cannot hand someone only their own activities. Participants and guests with access to the schedule part read it, comment on activities and see a Read-only label. You can keep several baselines and choose the one to compare in the View menu. You can also duplicate a schedule, but baselines, history and linked records are not copied.
From import to a shared schedule
Step 1
Create the schedule, or bring one in
Create the schedule and answer Who can see this schedule?: Shared, or Internal for administrators only. Or import from Microsoft Project (.xml), Excel, CSV or a Fidrel .json file. Activities, groups and dependencies come in as copies using the project calendar, and you assign people again.
Step 2
Set the working calendar
Choose the Working weekdays and add the Non-working dates, such as public holidays and shutdown days. Fidrel reminds you to confirm local holidays for the project. Durations, lag and planned progress all count working days only.
Step 3
Build activities, milestones and dependencies
Plan in several levels with activities and milestones. A dependency has a type and a lag in working days, and a successor moves later automatically when the dependency requires it. A dependency that would close a loop, or point at a group, is refused with a message.
Step 4
Save the baseline, then enter progress
Open the More menu and choose Save baseline; it is named Baseline with the date unless you change it. After that, set how far along each activity is with the progress ring or by dragging the bar, and enter an actual start and finish where they differ from plan.
What scheduling in Fidrel does not do
Fidrel shows variance and blockers, but it runs no delay analysis, no time impact analysis and no float ownership. A saved baseline is your own reference, not a contractual one, and nothing here decides whether a time extension is due. The PNG and SVG exports stop at 200 activities; Excel, CSV and PDF take every row the page shows. Share the schedule in the project instead of mailing files, because anyone with access sees the current one.
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Frequently asked questions
Anything else on your mind? We are happy to help.
Talk to usYes. Fidrel reads Microsoft Project as an XML file, and also Excel, CSV and its own .json format. Activities, groups and dependencies are added as copies, and you assign people again.
Save a baseline, then read the end date: it shows a variance in days against the baseline’s last end date. The Baseline comparison tile shows both finish dates side by side.
Yes. Save baseline can be used more than once, and you pick which baseline to compare against in the View menu.
Project administrators and organization administrators, and no one else. Participants and guests with schedule access read it and comment on activities.
Yes. A schedule marked Internal is visible to project administrators only, and you can share it later with one click after a confirmation.