This seems to be a common question, the answer can be devined in two ways.
First: Project/Project Information and set the correct Status Date.
1. Use the Schedule Performance Index (SPI) which assumes a properly costed,
resource loaded schedule. An on schdeule condition is SPI=1. Less than 1.0
you are behind schedule, over 1 and you are ahead. SPI is a meaure of the
value of the $ value of work you really did perform divided by the $ value of
the amount of work you planned to perform.
If you are not resouce loaded, enter a single resource "Workeer1" at a cost
of $1/hr and load him against all non-summary tasks. That will allow you to
make the calculations.
2. Insert the Status column. It will tell you if a task is on schedule,
late, complete, or a future task.
OR
There is a brute force method which is rather simple. Copy your actual %
Complete to a spare column such as Text1. Then, update your entire project
as if everyone were on schedule: Tools/Tracking/Update Project. Update the
entire project. You can now compare %Complete to Text1. Remember to put
everything back when you are done .... copy Text1 back to %Complete.
The formal method is (1) from above.
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