BCWP calculation

[nova85]

I am using MSP 2000. I have a task that has a March 1, 2009 start date and
April 30 end date. I added the actual cost for this task before it was
baselined. So the actual cost = baseline cost. The status date is set to
April 30. The task is 100% complete. Shouldn't the BCWP equal the baseline
cost? It does not.

 

[JulieS]

Hello Nova85,

What version of Project including Service pack are you using? Are
there resource assigned to the task? Normally, you can not manually
add actual cost for a task, it is calculated by project based upon
Cost (work*standard rate + fixed cost + cost resources) * %
complete. How did you add Actual Costs?

Usually the only way to manually add actual costs is to turn off the
option "Actual Costs are calculated by Project" on the Tools >
Options, Calculation tab. Is this what you have done?

Give us some more info and we'll try to be more helpful.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

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[nova85]

Julie,
Thanks for the reply. I'm running MSP 2000- (9.0.2000.0224) on Microsoft
2000 professional. Yes there are resources assigned to the task. Yes I do
have "Actual Costs are calculated by Project" turned off. My plan to track
cost is to update the actual cost for a task on a monthly basis in the actual
cost field. I do not get details on the cost of the work performed.

I noticed that the difference in the BCWP and baseline cost is a a cost from
Dec 2008. The BCWP does not include it. I changed the start data to Dec 1,
2008 but no change in the BCWP $.

 

[JulieS]

Hi Nova85,

Thanks for the additional information. So, to summarize:
You have resource assigned to tasks -- but no costs associated with
each resource.
You've turned off Actual Costs are calculated by project and are
manually entering actual costs.
After entering actual costs, you've saved a baseline, marked the
task 100% complete and updated the status date.

Now the BCWP does not equal the baseline cost?
Did you perhaps add an additional cost (fixed cost) after baselining
the task?

I don't have Project 2000 available any longer and I don't recall if
there were earned value problems with that release. If you'd care
to, zip a copy of the file and send it to me. I'll open it in 2003
and see if I can spot anything. Send to prjng [AT] maine.rr.com.
Remove the spaces and replace the [AT] with an @.



Julie
Project MVP