Track task by quanitity NOT hours

[TKGerdie]

Is it possible in MS Project 2007 to report actual quantities completed vs. %
complete or hours complete?

Example - Our crew has 1500 linear feet on their task of directional boring.
They have completed 750 linear feet. This is how we want to enter our
updates - is this possible?

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

TKGerdie --

For your purpose, the Physical Percent Complete field would work very
nicely. In any task View, such as the Gantt Chart view, click View -
Table - Tracking. You will see the Physical Percent Complete field in this
table and you can enter physical progress in the field. Hope this helps.

 

[TKGerdie]

In your response, we would still be entering a percentage instead of an
actual number of units completed (750). So, I am assuming you mean that you
can't actually track or see total units of the task?

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

TKGerdie --

Correct. The alternative would be to create a Material resource named
Directional Boring and set the Material Label to Linear Feet. Then you need
to assign this resource to a task in which the Directional Boring will take
place, along with the number of Linear Feet required to complete the task.
Each time you enter actual progress on the task, you enter the number of
Linear Feet of progress to date in the Actual Work field. This approach
might work better for you, given your reporting requirements. Hope this
helps.