Clarity:

Don’t make readers of your schedule guess or presume. Be sure that the activity name contains both a noun and a verb (action taken). Use good English where possible in space allowed. Have someone else read the name and tell you what it means to them.

Uniqueness:

All names must be unique, adding a location is one way to provide uniqueness. This adds to the clarity.

Understandable (No Matter The Layout Organization):

Do not rely on the current layout’s organization and group title to substitute for distinct identification of an activity. As soon as you reorganize/sort your layout activities become disassociated from original group titles (headers). This plays into the uniqueness factor.

Use of Acronyms:

The problem with using acronyms or abbreviations is that they may well be misunderstood, based on user experience. If the acronym is either an industry standard or an everyday common acronym it may well be usable. But, avoid when possible.

USACE Special Rules

The USACE uses a special import system that creates a standard data exchange system that only parses the first 30 characters of an activity name. This truncation creates essentially a different name. Therefore it is important to smartly use the first 30 characters to avoid loss of uniqueness and loss of clarity, which could cause rejection.