Actual Work and Status Date

[tdbcalif]

I'm testing entering actuals in Project.
Scenario:
1. Plan has assignments and is baselined.
2. 1st Project Activity Starts 1/3 and ends 1/24. I am entering progress by
entering Actual Work at the Task Level.
3. 192 Hours are allocated to the Activity
4. 2 Resources are allocated to the Activity (1 @ 100% the other @ 50%)
5. I set the status date to 1/7
6. I enter 70 hours of Actual Work.
I expected project to allocate the 70 hours to the 1/3 - 1/7 date range by
increasing the actual worked hours on the assignments according to the
distribution.

Instead, project allocated the additional work to 1/10.
Is there a way to force Project to automatically allocate the additional
time, above the baselined values, worked through the status date and not
beyond it?

I know that I can enter time at the assignment level, but I want to avoid
that level of detail for the time being.

Thanks
Troy

 

[JulieS]

Hi Troy,

In Tools>Options, Calculation tab, enable the options "Move end of completed
part after status date back to status date". That will allocated your 70
hours of work through the status date. You may also like to experiment with
the "And move start of remaining parts back to status date" as well.

Hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie

 

[tdbcalif]

Julie,

Thanks for your input.
I checked the following as you suggested and received the results that I
expected:
1. "Move end of completed part after status date back to status date"
2. "And move start of remaining parts back to status date"

I'll be testing a variety of scenarios to make sure that I have configured
the plan properly.

Thanks again for your help and have a good weekend.
Troy

 

[JulieS]

Hi Troy,

You too and thanks for the feedback.

Julie