{"id":3926,"date":"2012-06-04T14:05:19","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T14:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/en\/?page_id=1271"},"modified":"2012-06-04T14:05:19","modified_gmt":"2012-06-04T14:05:19","slug":"project-planning-visual-flags","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/en\/project-planning\/project-planning-features\/project-planning-visual-flags\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Planning &#8211; Visual flags"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Visual flags<\/strong> are just the computerized transcription of what the in-charge of wall schedules have been using for a long time on their cardboard jobs: a sticker, a stroke of fluo marker, a color paper clip, a cut corner, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In <strong>Direct Planning Project<\/strong>, flags are visual indicators set aside to draw the planner\u2019s attention on a job\u2019s status. Concretely, they consist in colored rectangles just on top of a job, or inside, on the right-side. The color and the background pattern can be configured according to the status of the flag. You can configure up to 10 flags. There are different kinds of flags.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Flags are important elements of the\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Project Planning \u2013 Configurable for your business\" href=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/en\/project-planning\/project-planning-features\/project-planning-configurable-for-your-business\/\">configuration of the planning<\/a> for your trade<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1402\" style=\"width: 546px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/direct_planning_projet_marqueurs.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1402\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1402 \" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/direct_planning_projet_marqueurs.png\" alt=\"Direct Planning Project - The flags\" width=\"536\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/direct_planning_projet_marqueurs.png 536w, https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/direct_planning_projet_marqueurs-312x83.png 312w, https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/direct_planning_projet_marqueurs-156x42.png 156w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Direct Planning Project &#8211; The flags<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The different kinds of flags<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Basic flags<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They only have two states: present or absent in a job.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Customer dispute<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Urgent project<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Management confirmation required before production launching<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Multi-state flags<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Each of them can have up to 5 states. Each level is assigned a different color. The symbolism of traffic lights red\/yellow\/green is often used.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Project status<\/strong> (with stages Planned project \u2013 Estimate to write, Awaiting customer answer \u2013 Estimate handed over, Project launched \u2013 Estimate signed).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Priority of project\u00a0<\/strong> (with Low, Medium, High, Urgent stages)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_1403\" style=\"width: 361px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/direct_planning_projet_marqueur_multi_etat.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1403\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1403 \" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/direct_planning_projet_marqueur_multi_etat.png\" alt=\"Direct Planning Project - Configuration example of a multi-state flag\" width=\"351\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/direct_planning_projet_marqueur_multi_etat.png 351w, https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/direct_planning_projet_marqueur_multi_etat-277x312.png 277w, https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/direct_planning_projet_marqueur_multi_etat-139x156.png 139w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Direct Planning Project &#8211; Configuration example of a multi-state flag<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Multi-state flags with awaiting receipt of an item<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This extension of multi-status flags has been particularly designed for the flags where you specify that you are <strong>waiting for an item<\/strong> before <strong>launching the project<\/strong> (awaiting receipt of model, or signed document of analysis).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An estimated date of receipt is entered on the flag. As long as the item has not been received, an\u00a0<a title=\"Industry Planning \u2013 Time impositions and alerts\" href=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/en\/industry-planning\/industry-planning-features\/industry-planning-time-impositions-and-alerts\/\"><strong>earliest start date<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is imposed on that job. <strong>Thus the project cannot start before the estimated date<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Furthermore, on the day of the estimated receipt, <strong>Direct Planning generates an alert in order to notify of the delay in the receipt of the expected item<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Entry of customizable data for each flag<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For multi-level flags, you can customize the flag entry window by adding up to <strong>10 configurable areas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For example, for a flag such as \u201c<strong>Project status<\/strong>\u201d, you would create two additional fields \u201c<strong>Estimate number<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong>Issuance date<\/strong>\u201d..<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"mks_button mks_button_medium rounded\" href=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/en\/project-planning\/project-planning-features\/\" target=\"_self\" style=\"color: #FFFFFF; background-color: #1e73be;\" > Project Planning Features<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visual flags are just the computerized transcription of what the in-charge of wall schedules have been using for a long time on their cardboard jobs: a sticker, a stroke of fluo marker, a color paper clip, a cut corner, etc. In Direct Planning Project, flags are visual indicators set aside to draw the planner\u2019s attention [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1402,"parent":3922,"menu_order":40,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3926","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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