Re: % Complete vs. Work Complete in Project?

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John, Thank you VERY much for your help! It looks like it's time to go buy
another book!

"John" wrote:

> In article <129C416E-EA30-4FCB-A1CA-F981EE1CF3A4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "SignalwL" <SignalwL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I typically manually update tasks as a value in %complete or Work Complete as
> > I do not have the time to enter actuals for individual tasks. How can I have
> > Project reflect those values beside the roll-up task? Is there a way to
> > compare where I am vice where I should be at a certain time?
>
> SignalwL,
> I assume when you say, "...reflect those values beside the roll-up
> task", you mean you want to see the updated %Complete and %Work Complete
> automatically show up in the Summary Line data. All you have to do is to
> make sure calculation is set to automatic (Tools/Options/Calculation
> tab).
>
> As far as comparing current schedule performance to expect schedule
> performance, that is the main purpose of the earned value (EV) metrics
> (BCWP, BCWS, ACWP, SPI and CPI). However before you can make use of
> those metrics, which are automatically calculated by Project, you need
> to ensure a baseline has been set. For more information on EV metrics,
> check the Project help file.
>
> Hope this helps.
> John
> Project MVP
>
.

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