What Is the Status Information Telling Me?
29.05.2018 - In some predefined 'Work breakdown' and 'Report' views and in the 'Plan' inspector, Merlin shows Status information. The status is presented in form of traffic …
What Is the Difference between Effectivity and Efficiency?
13.06.2019 - A principle of business administration describes the difference between two elementary attributes that increase productivity. Decisions should be made in such a way that …
What Is the Critical Path Method (CPM)?
27.03.2020 - In a nutshell The Critical Path Method (CPM) is a scheduling technique used to identify the sequence of essential tasks and their earliest and latest possible completion …
What Is The Critical Path In Project Management?
24.02.2020 - In a nutshell The critical path is the longest sequence of activities in a project plan that must be completed on time for the entire project to finish on schedule. If …
Is There a Glossary on Project Management?
23.11.2023 - In this group of questions and answers we collect interesting questions about project management, also from Merlin Project's point of view. The list is sorted …
Release Notes
15.09.2025 - Read about all details regarding new features, changes and fixed issues for each product's versions in the release notes. Here is a list of the most important, new …
Why Do You Sometimes Need My Project File?
01.08.2025 - Whenever you contact us with a question or a problem, we want to help you as quickly and specifically as possible. In some cases, we will therefore ask you for a copy of …
What is a Balanced Scorecard?
01.10.2019 - The balanced scorecard, abbreviated: BSC, is an English term for a balanced report sheet. It is primarily a concept for measuring and documenting the activities of a …
What Is a Baseline?
27.03.2020 - The baseline is one of the most popular project management terms among project managers. A baseline displays the expectation and is used to measure the performance of …
What Is Float or Slack?
05.02.2020 - In short, a float is the amount of time that an activity can be delayed without causing a delay to other activities or even the project completion date. In Merlin …
