A Task with a Baseline Start/Finish date that is Earlier or Later later than the Baseline Start/Finish date of its parent summary.
A Summary with a Baseline Start/Finish date that does not match at least one of its child tasks.
Out of Sync Child and Parent Baseline Cost
The sum of baseline cost values for child tasks does not equal the baseline cost of the parent summary.
Out of Sync Child and Parent Baseline Work
The sum of baseline work values for child tasks does not equal the baseline work of the parent summary.
Why does it matter if items in the project have Out of Sync Child and Parent Baselines?
Summary tasks in the schedule are intended to be rollups of their child tasks. Therefore, Baseline Start should be the minimum baseline start date of the child tasks and Baseline Finish should be the maximum baseline finish date of the child tasks. Likewise, the Baseline Cost and Work should be the sum of baseline values of child tasks. When baseline values are out of sync, it indicates that baseline values have been reset for summary or child tasks without properly rolling up or rolling down the baseline changes through the hierarchy of the work breakdown structure.
Resolving Start/Finish Late to Baseline
Perform the Audit and Click on each item in the resulting tasks list to go to the offending task. You can also click Filter for Items Below to display tasks with audit issues and record the offending condition in the Integrity Note log field.
Reset the baseline on the parent summary or the child tasks and run the test again to be sure all values are synchronized
What Else to Consider
This condition could be an audit flag if a project is subject to review by a Government or Industry evaluation.
