Rounding up/down of percent complete in MSP 2003

[DavidR]

I would like to set my percent complete to 6.77% but that is being rounded up
to 7%. Since I am using large numbers this does make a difference. Is there
a way to turn the rounding off?

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

I'm always a bit knocked off my feet when reading this.
6.77 % is not a figure you measure somewhere, do you?
Actually, you probably measured actual duration.
Enter that value, Project wil resoect it and not round it.
What's the use of making the division yourself with a calculator?

HTH

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[DavidR]

Jan,. I'm not an MSP MVP which is why I am using this group to ask
questions. Maybe I am not using the product correctly which is why I knocked
you off your feet. To clarify there is a portion of our project that has
been contracted out. I have created a task within the project to indentify
the contract, entered the planned work by months using the resource planning
view. I have now gotten a report from the contractor stating they completed
6.77% of the work as of Jan 30th., along with the Actual Cost information. I
set the status date to Jan 30th and enter this as the physical percent
complete and the actual cost (I do have the option for MSP to auto calculate
ACWP turned off). All my Earned Value numbers look correct. But since I am
talking a large contract, the difference between 6.77% and 7% is a noticeable
number. I am open to suggestion of a better why to do this. I would think
this would be similar to having a task that consisted on many materials.

Thanks, David

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi David,

Sorry for my aggressive choice of words, diplomacy is not my strong point.
Especially sorry because you can't (easily) take my advice to ask for and
enter Actual and Remaining duration since this come from a subcontractor.
OTOH, I hadn't understood this was Physical % Complete (your original post
mentioned percent complete) so my reference to Actual Duration was not to
the point.

Trevor explains the point in more detail.
By all means, my advice qill always stay the same: try to not enter
percentages in Project. For nothing.
If you can't do otherwise, sorry.

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Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
+32 495 300 620
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