% complete vs % work complete

[Rhett]

How does % complete correlate to % work complete? They match when the
resource is 100% allocated to the task, but vary when a resource is not 100%
allocated. Also, I have seen it where the resource has recorded their work
complete using less hours than baselined, and the task % complete stays at
less than 100%.

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Rhett,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

%Complete is a measure of the Duration consumed, whereas %Work Complete is a
measure of the work done. Say you have a 10-day duration task that starts
on Monday with a resource assigned at 100%; which, using the default
settings, would equate to 80 hours of work. By the end of the first Friday
it will be 50% complete. However, if the resource only worked 2.5 days or
20 hours by that time, it would only be 25% Work Complete.

If the resource is assigned initially at 25%, this would mean that the task
would be completed in 10 days with only 20 hours of work. Unless you assign
differently, Project would assign the work evenly over the 10 days, ie 2
hours per day. Provided that rate of work is maintained, %Complete will be
the same percentage as %Work Complete. If it is different from that, then
the resource has not done 2 hours per day and is running late.

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