Duration vs Actual Work

M

Mike

If a task will exceed the Duration, I would assume that the Duration would
need to increase. However, when I change the Duration of the task to reflect
the new estimate (Since I don’t know how long the task will take, I’ll enter
it as an estimated value, e.g. “16 hrs?â€), the Actual Work changes, also.
This doesn’t make sense since the Actual Work should reflect the work that
has actually gone into the task.

What am I missing? Thanks
 
G

Gérard Ducouret

Hi Mike,
If you increase the Duration of the task while its % Complete is 100%,
Project understands the increased Duration as actual. You have to increase,
not the Duration, but the Remaining Duration (or the Remaining Work).
Hope this helps,

Gérard Ducouret
 
M

Mike

Thanks for your reply, Gérard.

Percent complete is showing as 0%. How does this figure in?

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-Mike


Gérard Ducouret said:
Hi Mike,
If you increase the Duration of the task while its % Complete is 100%,
Project understands the increased Duration as actual. You have to increase,
not the Duration, but the Remaining Duration (or the Remaining Work).
Hope this helps,

Gérard Ducouret
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Gérard Ducouret

Mike,

In which view do you enter the new estimate ?
What are the values for:
- Duration
- Actual Duration
- Actual Work
- Remaining Work
- %Complete
- %Work Complete

Gérard Ducouret

Mike said:
Thanks for your reply, Gérard.

Percent complete is showing as 0%. How does this figure in?
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M

Mike

I entered the new estimate to the task in the Gantt Chart view.

The values are:
- Duration (new): 120 hrs?
- Actual Duration: 0 hrs
- Actual Work: 88 hrs
- Remaining Work: 16.13 hrs
- %Complete: 0%
- %Work Complete: 85%
 
G

Gérard Ducouret

Mike,
The two zero values are very strange. With the same other values, I got
%Complete = 73% and Actual Duration = 88h.
If I increase the Duration, the actual Work remains at the same value : 88h,
and the other values are recalculated correctly.
What are your Project version and Service Pack ?

Gérard Ducouret
 

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