Reschedule in MSP

Trevor and all,



I mostly use weighted detail spread sheet to substantiate where I obtain my % Complete from or in other words as a back up. This determines my % complete accurately and therefore use MSP as a time line exercise and the weighted spreadsheet as a mean to determine accurate % Complete for my activities and this is used for all disciplines when needed even up to and including commissioning.



I was only trying to help one of the members on the question on using % Complete to update - Yes use it that is what it is there for.

hello all,

as Trevor said, "%Complete" refers to Duration, not Work or Physical; it is possible to update a task with %Work Complete or %Physical Complete:

a)display the Tracking Table (View, Table:(current table), Tracking,

b)then key in the correct figures

Be aware that MSP will compute the %Complete from the %Work Complete if the correct option is checked in the Options, Calculate dialog box; if the option is not checked, you will be able to enter both %Complete and %Work Complete independently (MSP2K7 SP0 has a bug at that stage)

MSP is unable to compute anything from the %Physical Complete, that is only used to display bars on the Gantt Chart.

Alexandre

Joel,

I read your post before Mike pulled it off.

You don’t have to prove it can be done because of course you can use % Complete but I advise against it because it usually done wrong, and also it is unnecessary.

% Complete is not the same thing at all as how much of the task is done but that is often how it is used.

Since the planner must know the actual duration and the remaining duration, why not just use those and let MSP do the % Complete calculation?

If you have a 10 day task planned to start on Monday, and it actually starts on Tuesday and you inspect it on the following monday, and let’s suppose 80% of the task is done (8000 bricks laid out of 10000), many people are tempted to type in 80% in the % Complete field.

If this is done, MSP will calculate the actual duration as 8 days. This is impossible since the task has only been underway for 5 days.

Hi Joel



Thanks for your prompt reply.



There is no problem in setting down a website address that can be accessed by password holders - but not the whole copy.



Your thread has been deleted.



Best regards



Mike Testro

It is a copy, paste to proove that you can use % Complete - so delete it

Hi Joel



This looks like it may be copyright material available to license holders.



Prove to me that it is not copyright before I delete the thread.



Best regards



Mike Testro

streetboy,

1. select the task,

2. go to Tools, Tracking, Update Tasks (not Update Project)

3. enter actual start daten, % complete OR actual duration (MSP will compute one from the other), possibly a new remaining duration if you know it

4. if you reschedule the project (Update project, last option) afterwards,

a) the schedule date is before the "complete thru’ date" of the task: MSP does not do anything

b) the schedule date is after the "complete thru’ date" of the task: MSP will split the task

Hope this helps,

Alexandre

Steps 1,2,3 are wrong.



Set Status Date (Project, Project Information)

Use Tracking Gantt View, Tracking Table, Tracking Toolbar.

Input Actual Start date

Input Actual Finish Date if the task is finished.

If not, input Actual Duration.

Then check Remaining Duration and revise up or down if necessary.

Do not enter % Complete, MSP calculates that for you.