it is also possible to update the project with the actual work of resources; by default, actual work and actual duartion are linked, therefore 50% actual work will mean 50% actual duration on one specific task
to unlink these two data, Tools, Options, Calculation, then the 1st option from the top in the frame "Calculation options for (active project)"
Alexandre
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Submitted by Trevor Rabey on Tue, 2007-04-10 08:45
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19 years 11 monthsRE: Progress recording methods
sorry, but you cannot unlink remaining duration and % Complete because:
5 Complete = Actual Duration / Total Duration
and
Total Duration = Actual Duration + Remaining Duration
MSP measures Duration, Cost and Work. You can unlink Cost and Work (hours) from Duration. See options, calculation.
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19 years 5 monthsRE: Progress recording methods
Thanks Alexandre, your comment clrifies that %complete and remaining duration CAN be unlinked in MS Project. I would check it out.
Thank you Trevor for your comments. You have rightly stated that whenever %complete is stated, we should identify clearly what it means.
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22 years 9 monthsRE: Progress recording methods
Iftikhar,
it is also possible to update the project with the actual work of resources; by default, actual work and actual duartion are linked, therefore 50% actual work will mean 50% actual duration on one specific task
to unlink these two data, Tools, Options, Calculation, then the 1st option from the top in the frame "Calculation options for (active project)"
Alexandre
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19 years 11 monthsRE: Progress recording methods
Do not type in % Complete
Always use an Actaul Start and Actual Duration,
then re-estimate remaining Duration.
MSP will calculate % Complete for you.
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19 years 11 monthsRE: Progress recording methods
You have to be very clear about what "% Complete" means.
In MSP % Complete is simply, and always =
Actual Duration/Total Duration.
So % Complete is about Duration only.
What else could it be?