AUTOMATIC VARIABLE ZOOMING SYSTEM FOR A PROJECT PLAN TIMELINE

A system is provided that performs automatic variable zooming. The system displays a project plan timeline within a user interface, where a project plan timeline includes one or more tasks and a timeline includes one or more time units. The system further receives an instruction to invoke automatic variable zooming on the displayed project plan timeline. The system further receives a criteria. The system further calculates one or more scores for the one or more time units of the project plan timeline based on the criteria. The system further adjusts a zoom level for one or more portions of the project plan timeline based on the one or more calculated scores.