DPM Process Definition (PRD) - P1
DPM Process and Resource Definition (PRP) - P2

 

General Issues

Calculated Cycle Time in Gantt
The Calculated Cycle Time parameter of the activity can be updated by using the “Update Process Cycle Time” command. This command internally runs the simulation engine to compute the ‘Cycle Time’ of the activity. If the activity has children then the Calculated Cycle Time is obtained from the children activities. This time cannot be manually set by the user.

Start & Stop are ‘Zero’ timed activities. If the activity only has the Start and Stop activities as its children and the “Update Process Cycle Time” command is executed, then for such an activity, the Calculated Cycle Time remains set  to “0”. This has to be rectified by removing either the Start or Stop activities or adding any non-zero timed activity as child.

The resultant CCT can also be verified from the Properties page of the activity.

Open Issues

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Documentation

Reframing an Activity in the PPR Tree and PERT Chart
The online documentation contains outdated dialog box images; the corrected documentation is available here.
Configuring Gantt Columns
The online documentation contains outdated images; the corrected documentation is available here.
More Information on the usage of Gantt. Editing the Duration Column:
You can edit the Duration column of the Gantt (double click and a dialog box appears) but in the two cases below, the values inserted are not accepted:
a.) Attempts to modify the duration of the "Task" activity
b.) Attempts to modify the duration of the non-leaf activity
 
Name of the Duration Column:
The name of the Duration column has been changed to SCT Duration or CCT Duration, depending on the way the Gantt time is calculated.
If the Gantt bars are to be based on the Calculated Cycle Time then the duration columns named would be prefixed by "CCT". Hence the name would be "CCT Duration" and SCT otherwise.

Cross-highlighting between the "Task" activity between the Gantt and the PPR Tree is now enabled.
Creating a Basic Process Library
The online documentation incorrectly names the tools bars associated with logical activity creation; the corrected documentation is available here.
Showing a Selected Activity's Items The online documentation incorrectly provides the command name; the corrected documentation is available here.
Loading activities with more than one parent

When you load an existing DPE project that includes an activity that has two or more parent activities in the loaded process hierarchy, then the load fails at least partially and the following message will appear "Multiple fathers are not allowed, hence some activities cannot be created more than once."