Summary Tasks Actuals

[YLE]

Hi,

What would be a best practice to use if my MSP schedule is broken down to
level of detail where I can not capture the actual cost and labor hrs. Same
time this level of details is critical to monitor the project progress. I
did assign resources to summary task but could not enter actual labor or cost
to the same summary task. I am working the idea to use Hammock task in
parallel to summary task. This way I think I could get the progress data from
the summary task and by loading hammock task with resources and actual I
could run EV and progress reports.
Any help or recommendations ???
Thanks,

Yakov

 

[davegb]

Hi,

What would be a best practice to use if my MSP schedule is broken down to
level of detail where I can not capture the actual cost and labor hrs. Same
time this level of details is critical to monitor the project progress. I
did assign resources to summary task but could not enter actual labor or cost
to the same summary task. I am working the idea to use Hammock task in
parallel to summary task. This way I think I could get the progress data from
the summary task and by loading hammock task with resources and actual I
could run EV and progress reports.
Any help or recommendations ???
Thanks,

Yakov

You're on the right track, using hammock tasks parallel to your Summary
lines. I avoid assigning resources or linking Summary lines as it
invariably, as you've discovered, leads to problems.

Hope this helps in your world.

 

[YLE]

Thanks,

Looks like it does work so far in the test instance. just don't know how it
is going to affect % complete and E-values calculation for the whole project,
since I am duplicating some data in hammock task.