Re: [Planner] Some issues

[Waldemar Augustyn <waldemar nxp com>]

> Actually this prob can and must be bypassed - professional schedulars use a 
> spreadsheet, a word processor (emacs), or a database to create batch entrys - 
> the practice of 'fragnetting' involves templating common work activities and 
> entering them either programatically or modifying them with some kind of 
> search and replace to fit specific projects. if you use Means a fragnetting 
> scheme can be implemented around the wbs and the crew data in the book. Those 
> 'other' programs allow cutting and pasting of groups of activities - what 
> programming that takes boggles the mind. For a specific example if you have a 
> building with 6 identical floors - you schedule one then paste it into your 
> spreadsheet, copy it 4 times, global replace the floor identification, fill 
> the activity numbers, and paste back the five floors. Another tip - allow all 
> calcs and saves to be switched off during data entry (with an on-screen 
> warning).
>  
Yes, or something along those lines. 

But in addition to batch entry, there is the issue of massaging a living 
project.  I did not expect to see performance issues with just a 100 
task sample.  That worries me.  Even more so when it's been speculated 
the cause might be quite non-deterministic.  I hope this will be 
addressed in some way.