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Baselines & variance

A baseline is a frozen snapshot of the schedule at a moment you choose — “this is what we committed to.” The live plan keeps moving; the baseline doesn't, so the gap between them is your slip.

BaselineLiveslipthe baseline never moves — the gap is the slip
The baseline bar is frozen; the live bar drifts. The distance between their ends is the slip.

Capturing one

Capture a baseline when a plan is agreed — after kickoff planning, after a re-plan. You can keep several (“BL1 — kickoff”, “BL2 — after rebase”) and choose which one the chart compares against, so you can measure against the commitment that matters for the conversation you're having.

Reading variance

With a baseline active, the chart shows the original dates alongside the live ones. A task that drifted later than its baseline is slipping; earlier is ahead. The point isn't to relitigate every move — it's to see, at a glance, where reality diverged from the plan so you can act on the few that matter.

“My baseline moved with the schedule.”

It shouldn't, and it doesn't — a baseline is a fixed historical record, deliberately not a live reference. If a task's baseline looks like it changed, you're likely viewing a different baseline (or none). Re-pick the one you meant to compare against; capturing a new baseline never rewrites an old one.

Recap

  • Is — a frozen copy of the plan at a chosen moment.
  • Use — keep several; pick which to measure slip against.
  • Never — moves with the live schedule; new captures don't rewrite old.
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