Use Critical Path Management features

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Use Critical Path Management features

The critical path analysis tools in Lombardi Process Portal enable you to:

Determine whether a running process instance is on track for completion.
Change the due date for a process instance at any time during the life of the instance.
Adjust the due dates of activities and tasks in a process instance to get the instance back on track.

To use critical path analysis tools in Lombardi Process Portal, you must be a member of the designated user group. See Settings for Critical Path Management topic in WebSphere Lombardi Edition Administration Guide. By default, this user group is tw_process_owners.
The following table describes the critical path management tasks that you can complete in Lombardi Process Portal:

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Access the Critical Path Management features Access Critical Path Management features
Determine if a running process instance is on track Checking projected due date
Change the critical path projection Change the critical path projection
Change a process instance due date based on projections Change a process instance due date
Change the priority, duration, or due date for individual tasks or activities Change settings for activities
Make bulk changes to process instance values Making bulk changes to process instance values
Save or revert changes to process instance settings Saving or reverting changes to process instance values
Run and use the critical path sample process Run the critical path sample process
Export critical path data to Excel Export critical path data to Excel

Access Critical Path Management features

To access the critical path analysis tools for a process instance:

From My Tasks > Inbox click on the name of the process instance that you want to analyze.

From the process instance details page, click Critical Path on the toolbar as shown in the following image:

Lombardi Process Portal displays the critical path management information and options for the chosen instance as shown in the following image:

Checking projected due date

When you display the critical path management information for a running process instance, you can see the projected due date displayed in the Instance Details section of the interface. If the date displayed in the Projected Due Date field is later than the date displayed in the Current Due Date field, the current instance is not going to complete on schedule according to the current projection. The default projection for an instance is Pessimistic. To learn more about the available types of projections and how to refine your analysis using those types,

Change the critical path projection

Change process instance settings

Run the critical path sample process

Export critical path data to Excel

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To learn how to...	See...
Access the Critical Path Management features	Access Critical Path Management features
Determine if a running process instance is on track	Checking projected due date
Change the critical path projection	Change the critical path projection
Change a process instance due date based on projections	Change a process instance due date
Change the priority, duration, or due date for individual tasks or activities	Change settings for activities
Make bulk changes to process instance values	Making bulk changes to process instance values
Save or revert changes to process instance settings	Saving or reverting changes to process instance values
Run and use the critical path sample process	Run the critical path sample process
Export critical path data to Excel	Export critical path data to Excel