Physical % Complete

[Space Cowboy]

I am using MSP 2003 Pro and I understand the differences between % complete,
% work complete and physical % complete at least in terms of all the previous
posts. I want to use the physical % complete field to estimate task progress
at the summary level.

The issue I am having is that I can not update the summary tasks only the
(sub) tasks. Any help is certainly appreciated.

Thanks!

Andy

 

[Gérard Ducouret]

Hello Andy,
You can't use the Physical % complete at the summary level. It's only used
to alter the calculation of the BCWP at the elementary task level.
The BCWP summurization is *calculated* at the summary level.

Gérard Ducouret

 

[Space Cowboy]

*calculated* at the summary level.... And how does this calculation occur
given that physical % complete is just an estimate? Is there some logic as
to why p%c can be netered at the task level but not the summary level? I
would think that it would be effective (at the management level) to track
this at the summary task level (since it is just an estimate anyway) rather
than at the detailed task level. Seems it would be easier to give an
estimate on one, or a few, line in the project file than on multiple lines.

Thanks again for your input.

Andy

 

[Gérard Ducouret]

*calculated* at the summary level.... And how does this calculation occur
given that physical % complete is just an estimate?

MS Project doesn't manage the uncertainty, while somewhere else it proposes
"PERT Analysis". All the progress information you enter is supposed to be
the sharp truth.

Is there some logic as to why p%c can be netered at the task level but not

the summary level?

The logic of MS Project is unchanging : Summaries reflect the data of
subtasks.

I would think that it would be effective (at the management level) to track
this at the summary task level (since it is just an estimate anyway) rather
than at the detailed task level. Seems it would be easier to give an
estimate on one, or a few, line in the project file than on multiple

lines.

Easier to enter but not easier to estimate. Generaly it's easier to estimate
small elementary tasks.

Thanks again for your input.

You are welcome !

Gérard Ducouret