Actual Work vs. Target/Baseline

[Gil Grissom]

I saved a baseline for my project. Then, I went in and updated a task
with an actual complete date of two days past the target date. Then I
went into the work view on the sheet of the Gantt Chart view.
According to the Help, this should show a variance in the work time
based on the difference between actual and baseline time. However it
is not showing any variance at all. Also, why does Project change the
Target Finish date when I change the actual complete time? The target
shouldn't change, IMHO. That was the target and just because the
project slipped doesn't mean that it should change. I.e. rather than
pushing the remaining schedule out, it should indicate to us that we
need to make up time in other areas.

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

It MUST change because you want the rest of the plan to be based on reality
don't you?
I do.
IMHO Project primarily has to show me a correct future plan, what has
happened before is interesting but not critical.
For my own plans, I often simply delete complete tasks.

Original plan is saved as beseline, so no need to keep it alive as a base
for a (wrong) plan.
Do you have a finish variance? You should.
Can't judge about work because for that I need more data like task type.
There is a resoruce attached to teh task isn'there?