Checking the schedule prior to carrying out risk analysis

You may want to check for any scheduling problems that ought to be addressed before risk analysis is carried out. You can do this by rescheduling the project before accessing the Risk Analysis dialog, or from within the Risk Analysis dialog itself. The reschedule report that is produced highlights issues that you might like to address before carrying out risk analysis.

Rescheduling the project from within the Risk Analysis dialog has the following advantages over rescheduling the project before accessing the dialog:

Only that portion of the programme of projects that matches the scope you have selected on the Risk Analysis dialog is rescheduled, meaning that only project data relevant to the risk analysis you are about to carry out is checked for problems.
Once the reschedule has been carried out, it is immediately undone, with the project reverting back to the state it was in before.
A reschedule report that highlights problems is always produced, even if you do not usually view reschedule reports.

To check the schedule prior to carrying out risk analysis, click the Schedule Check button on the Risk Settings tab of the Risk Analysis dialog.

When you click this button, either the entire programme of projects, the current branch, or the tasks in the current view are rescheduled - according to which Scope radio button you have selected on this dialog - and a reschedule report is displayed in your web browser. The reschedule report will highlight issues that you may like to address before carrying out risk analysis.

Once the reschedule is complete, it is immediately undone and the project reverts back to the state it was in before you clicked this button.

Depending on the size of your project and the selected scope, carrying out a pre-risk analysis schedule check can take a considerable amount of time.