To open the Planning window, press the button on the lay-out toolbar. Alternatively, you can select View → Planning in the Menu bar.
The Planning window only gives you an overview of the activities and key moments you've identified. It doesn’t allow you to modify anything. Once you've identified the activities in the logframe window, you need to indicate the starting date and the duration of the activities in the Details window. Similarly, once you've formulated one or more outputs, you can add the key moments.
In the picture above, you can see that:
The activities are colour coded:
Activity |
Colour code |
Identification, selection, registration |
Orange |
Hiring, procurement, logistics |
Light blue |
Activities (general), construction, distribution, medical treatment, humanitarian assistance, peace building |
Light green |
Research, training, capacity development, awareness raising |
Yellow |
Meetings, Travel |
Blue |
Evaluations, audits, monitoring |
Red |
Other types |
Dark green |
You can use the drop-down menu to select one of three viewing options:
This example shows the activities without the key moments.
You can change the level of detail you see in the planning window by means of the second drop-down menu. If you want an overview of the whole project, select 'Years' or 'Months'. When you select 'Months', you will get more information about the activities, in the form of their starting and ending dates. If you select 'Days' you will also see who is doing the activity and where it takes place (provided you filled out all this information in the Activity details window of course).