1. A method for determining a variance trend in schedule data, comprising: retrieving schedule data from a database, the schedule data comprising: a task description of a task; and a plurality of milestones associated with the task, the milestones comprising a baseline milestone associated with a baseline deadline, a first updated milestone associated with a first updated deadline, and a second updated milestone associated with a second updated deadline; calculating a first variance by comparing the first updated deadline to the baseline deadline; calculating a second variance by comparing the second updated deadline to the baseline deadline; automatically determining the variance trend in schedule data by comparing the first variance to the second variance; and automatically generating a display representing the variance trend.