Tracking % complete for fixed work task

[Kesavan]

Hi
I am using Project 2000.
Here is how my plan is organized.
Most of the tasks are "fixed work".
So I have hours allocated to each task and resources allocated
appropriately.
The plan is baselined.
Now when I entering the actuals, here is my problem -
When a task A completes in 12 hrs ( baselined at 16 hrs), I want to put
actual finish date and mark it 100% complete but with the actual hours = 12
hrs.
The tool automatically updates the actual hours to 16 but thats not true.
How do I track and report the actuals?

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Kesavan,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

Try entering the Actual Work (12hrs) and make the Remaing Work zero - leave
Project to calculate the percentages.

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: http://www.mvps.org/project/

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP

 

[Steve House [Project MVP]]

In addition to Mikes comments, make sure you're clear on the difference
between work and duration. % Complete in Project refers to duration, not
work, even on fixed work tasks. There is a whole different field, % Work
Complete, that refers to the work progress. They may be the same, perhaps
one could even say they usually are the same, but that's by no means
universal. Consider a task that starts Monday at 8am and requires 1 hour of
work on each of Mon, Tue, Wed and Thur, with a full day to finish it off on
Friday. Perhaps it's paint that has to dry overnight between coats. The
duration is 40 hours, the time between when work first happens and when it
ends (8am Mon - 5pm Fri). The work is 12 hours (1+1+1+1+8). It is now 5pm
Thur and everything has gone according to plan. We have passed 32 out of
the 40 required hours of duration so the task is 80% Complete. But we have
done 4 out of the 12 hours of work required, so the task is 33% Work
Complete.