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The Schedule Screen

Two views, two purposes. The Gantt shows schedule geometry. The Deviation View ranks where your baseline is eroding and why.

Gantt Chart

Float spectrum bar colours

Every bar is coloured by float remaining — not just a binary critical/non-critical flag:

Negative / CriticalFloat < 0 or on critical path
Zero FloatAny slip = project slip
Low Float1–5 days remaining
Forecast>5 days float

The full legend is shown at the top right of the Gantt header.

Baseline bar overlay

When a baseline is selected, a thin grey bar appears directly below each forecast bar at the original baseline position. The visual gap between the two bars is the schedule slip at a glance — no numbers needed.

Forecast bar
Baseline bar (shorter = earlier finish)

Risk Pressure (Ghost Bars)

Enable the Risk Pressure toggle to visualize potential delay from pending signals as a ghost bar extending from the forecast bar. Color encodes urgency tier:

Monitor — amber ghost
Act Now — pulsing red ghost

If these risks materialize, the forecast bar will shift to meet the ghost bar's end. WBS nodes also aggregate potential drift, showing +Nd pot. alongside confirmed slippage.

Milestone Differentiation

Milestone activities — those with identical start and end dates — are distinguished with a diamond shape in the timeline and a ◇ icon in the sidebar label. Diamond bars feature an inner shadow for a premium look.

The Gantt legend (top-right of the chart header) includes a Milestone entry for reference.

Signal badge

When signals have been detected against an activity (but haven't yet added up to visible schedule slip), a minimal ⚡+Nd badge appears at the end of the bar. Hover the bar to see the full breakdown in the tooltip.

Rich tooltip

Hovering any bar opens an instant (no delay) structured card showing:

  • Activity name with risk-tinted header
  • Forecast Start / Finish dates
  • Baseline Finish date (when baseline selected)
  • Float / Drift / Signal delay — three colour-coded metric tiles
  • Progress bar (backed by percentComplete)

Deviation View

The Deviation View is the default tab. It's not a schedule — it's a ranked prioritisation surface. The engine computes a composite deviation score for every activity and sorts by it automatically.

Composite Deviation Score

The Deviation column ranks activities by a composite heuristic blending four factors:

Float Erosion
Negative float weighted highest
Baseline Drift
+3 points per day of slip
Signal Delay
Pending signal impact added
Financial Exposure
Relative to page maximum

Activities scoring above 120 show CRITICAL, above 70 show HIGH, above 40 show MED.

Urgency Tiers (Act Now / Monitor / Watch)

Every risk driver is automatically categorized by its Urgency Tier, determined by its proximity to contractual milestones and its current attribution status:

ACT NOWCritical risk on or near the critical path. Immediate mitigation required.
MONITOREmerging pressure on a path with low float. Requires attention soon.
WATCHDetected risk on a path with sufficient float buffer.

Financial Exposure column

The Exposure column shows the locked financial exposure from accepted signals linked to each activity. Colour is relative to the current page — not fixed thresholds:

€120KTop 30% of this page → red
€45KMid band → amber
No exposure linked yet
This prevents a €60K risk on a mega-project looking the same as €60K on a small contract.

Impact Drivers expand row

Click any row to expand the Impact Drivers panel inline. It shows every accepted and pendingsignal that contributes to that activity's deviation:

Impact Drivers (2)
Accepted— Concrete Pour Delay+3d€15K
Pending— Inspection Delay+1d est.
Rejected signals never appear here. Only accepted and pending signals contribute to an activity's causal record.

Sorting & Filtering

Every column header is sortable. The default sort is Deviation Score (highest first)— the engine's best guess at what needs attention now.

Sorting is performed server-side across the full dataset — not just the current page. This ensures ranking by Potential Exposure or Risk Pressure score accurately reflects the worst activities across all pages.

Use the filter chips (Critical / At Risk / On Track) or the AI search bar to narrow to a subset.

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