Physical % Complete in the summary tasks

[variant]

Okay, just a brief background:
1. Our project is using Physical % Complete to have a subjective way of
marking the tasks complete
2. I know Physical % Complete is not automatically rolled up / calculated
at the summary level

Question: Then how DO you update Physical % Complete at the summary level?
It's non-enterable. Using Physical % Complete to compute for EV fields
doesn't make sense when looking at the project level (as opposed to looking
at it task by task) when you can't change it at any summary task level.

Anyone ever wish there were an option to make Physical % Complete compute at
the summary value - maybe using averages to roll up the value. Wouldn't it
be feasible? (since subtask's Physical % Complete max value = 1 (or 100%))

 

[Gérard Ducouret]

Hello,
As you know, the Physical % Complete is used to alter the EV calculation at
the task level.
At the summary and at the project levels, the EV is the sum of the task
level EV.

Gérard Ducouret

 

[Catfish Hunter]

I have uesd the update method you are useing and it does not roll up to the
summary. You have to use one of the other percents to make this happen.
Here's an overview of the 3 percents from MS Projects help. You can cut and
paste this information to excel:

The % Complete field contains the current status of a task, expressed as the
percentage of the task's duration that has been completed.
Example The "Rebuild Mill" task is scheduled for a duration of 10 days.
The assigned resources have been working on the task for 5 days. Microsoft
Project calculates that the task is 50 percent complete.

Add the Physical % Complete field to a task view and enter values when the
calculated percent complete would not be an accurate measure of real work
performed or measured. Unlike the % Complete field, the Physical % Complete
field is independent of the total duration or actual duration values used by
the % Complete field. Updating Physical % Complete will not give you earned
MHRS (Actual Work).
Example: A project of building a stone wall consists of 100 stones stacked
five high. The first row of 20 stones can be laid in 20 minutes, but the
second row takes 25 minutes because now you have to lift the stones up one
row higher, so it takes a little longer. The third row would take 30 minutes,
the fourth 35 minutes, and the last row would take 40 minutes to lay 150
minutes total. After laying the first three rows, the project could be said
to be 60% physically complete (you laid 60 of 100 stones). However, you only
spent 75 of 150 minutes; so in terms of duration, the job is only 50%
complete. You add the Physical % Complete field to the Gantt Chart to enter
and track progress for this task.

Best Uses: Add the % Work Complete field to a task sheet when you want to
display, filter, or edit percent work complete for tasks. If you type a value
in the % Work Complete field, Microsoft Project automatically calculates
actual work and remaining work. If the % Work Complete field is set to a
value greater than zero, the Actual Start field is set to the scheduled start
date if you have not yet entered an actual start date. If the % Work Complete
field is set to 100, the Actual Finish field is set to the scheduled finish
date.
Example The "Remove Pump" task is scheduled for 40 hours of work. So far,
the assigned resources have reported 10 hours of actual work on the task.
Microsoft Project calculates that the task is 25 percent work