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Brian Reimer
I am having a problem with adjusting my baseline for change orders on my
projects. If the scope for a task has changed I will need to add or subtract
some of the baseline allowance in order to estimate the correct amount of
money for the task. I am doing this by assigning a material resource with a
unit cost of $1.00, or (-1.00). Say I have a task that was originally
supposed to cost $5000.00, but the work was increased and I now have to do
an additional $2500.00 worth of work. What I would do is create a new line
under the task, for baseline adjustment, to this I would assign the $1.00
resource for 2500 units. That part works fine, when it comes to adding it to
the baseline is when things go awry. The calculation of the baseline cost
for the task then does not add correctly, funniest part is that different
things happen to different files, and even different tasks within a file. I
am highlighting the new task and saving it to the baseline as selected
tasks, and checking both checkboxes for rollups to all summary tasks and
from subtasks into selected summary tasks. Now, when I do this the top line
BAC field changes by strange numbers, (for my $2500 increase the baseline
may jump by $20,000, or not....). Many times what happens is that the $2500
addition is the only thing that appears in the rolled up task line (instead
of $7500) however, in the BCWP field the full $7500 can be released by
putting the physical % complete to 100%. (i.e. at 100% physically complete
the BCWP would read $7500 and the BAC would be $2500! Obviously this will
also have effects on the rolled up physical % complete).
On at least one file I have everything works fine, an addition to the
baseline as described above filters its way to the task BAC and top level
roll up BAC, as well as the BCWP...... any ideas about what may be different
between the two???
--Brian Reimer, E.I.T.
projects. If the scope for a task has changed I will need to add or subtract
some of the baseline allowance in order to estimate the correct amount of
money for the task. I am doing this by assigning a material resource with a
unit cost of $1.00, or (-1.00). Say I have a task that was originally
supposed to cost $5000.00, but the work was increased and I now have to do
an additional $2500.00 worth of work. What I would do is create a new line
under the task, for baseline adjustment, to this I would assign the $1.00
resource for 2500 units. That part works fine, when it comes to adding it to
the baseline is when things go awry. The calculation of the baseline cost
for the task then does not add correctly, funniest part is that different
things happen to different files, and even different tasks within a file. I
am highlighting the new task and saving it to the baseline as selected
tasks, and checking both checkboxes for rollups to all summary tasks and
from subtasks into selected summary tasks. Now, when I do this the top line
BAC field changes by strange numbers, (for my $2500 increase the baseline
may jump by $20,000, or not....). Many times what happens is that the $2500
addition is the only thing that appears in the rolled up task line (instead
of $7500) however, in the BCWP field the full $7500 can be released by
putting the physical % complete to 100%. (i.e. at 100% physically complete
the BCWP would read $7500 and the BAC would be $2500! Obviously this will
also have effects on the rolled up physical % complete).
On at least one file I have everything works fine, an addition to the
baseline as described above filters its way to the task BAC and top level
roll up BAC, as well as the BCWP...... any ideas about what may be different
between the two???
--Brian Reimer, E.I.T.