When work slips, Brena can find every overdue task, explain why it's late, and move the remaining work to realistic dates. It can then assign crews so the work has an owner.
Step 1: Find what's overdue
Open the Brena panel and type What's overdue?
Brena lists every late task, grouped under its summary task, with the original due date, days late and % complete.
Under What this means, Brena explains the cause. For example, a late start on one linked task can push back everything after it.
Step 2: Reschedule the remaining work
Reply Yes, can you reschedule it please? or describe what you want, such as "Reschedule everything from Monday."
Brena moves the remaining work forward from today and reads the schedule back to confirm nothing is still overdue.
Read the notes Brena adds about what it changed.
Brena may add Start no earlier than or Finish no earlier than dates, or lengthen link lags, to hold the new dates in place. Because of this, finishing a task early won't pull later tasks earlier on their own. To let tasks shift automatically again, ask Brena to "remove the locked dates."
Tasks that have already started keep their original start date and progress. Only their finish dates move.
Step 3: Assign crews
Overdue work often has no one assigned. You can ask Brena to:
"Create work teams named after the summary tasks and assign them." Brena creates one work team per summary and assigns it to the summary and the tasks under it.
"Add Mike C (mike@example.com) to Troubleshooting & Repairs." Brena adds the person to the schedule's resources.
"Assign Identify System Faults to Mike." Use this when you want one named person accountable for a task.
Check the Resources view to confirm team membership. Brena can see that people were added, but it can't always confirm which team they belong to.
Tips
Close out nearly finished tasks first. For example, marking a 90% task complete lets the tasks linked after it move.
Check holidays. If new dates land on a holiday your calendar doesn't block, ask Brena to add it to the calendar.
Use the two-week lookahead afterwards to plan the next stretch of work. See Generating a two-week lookahead with Brena.