Using Physical % Complete

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TroyS

I have users who want to base Earned Value on Physical % Complete.
The EntGlobal has been changed under Tools Options

However, the top summary task of the project or summary tasks in general do
NOT update based on the Physical % Completes added/updated at the task level

For example, if i have 2 tasks, one at 40% (Physical % Complete) and the
second at 25% (Physical % Complete). The summary task that includes these 2
tasks does not update NOR does the Project Summary Task (Task 0).

Any ideas on this?
Why wouldn't the summary tasks get updated?
 
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Dale Howard [MVP]

TroyS --

Your mistake is setting this value in the Enterprise Global file, which will
have no effect whatsoever on individual projects. You must ask your project
managers to set this option in each individual project using Tools -
Options - Calculation - Earned Value. Hope this helps.
 
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TroyS

I've done that with a test project schedule, but it still does not calculate
nor show at the summary/top level of the project schedule. The summary task
and task 0 both show 0% even though i've keyed in 25% and 45% on 2
subtasks......I've used F9 repeatedly. It's almost like Project is not
calculating thru the entire project.....
 
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David

Troy,

I feel your pain.... So here's my view on this problem. Physical %
Complete works great at the task level, meaning it is not a summary task.
But at the summary task, Physical % complete does not work well. It works
great if your schedule's baseline is the same as your schedule (meaning no
task deletions or additions and no significant changes) and thus not altering
your baseline data. But.... your Physical % Complete at the summary task
level will not work if there are tasks that have been deleted or added within
that summary task.

Physical % Complete is a user defined field at task level, but not summary
level!
Physical % Complete is a baseline data field at the summary task level!

I know that the Physical % Complete is computed from the BCWP, and some
other baseline data. Microsoft did not define it well nor did they document
it, but I'm thinking that it Phyiscal % Complete is defined as BCWP/Baseline
Cost.

I've been having this problem for quite some time, and I'm finally seeing
this problem showing up for others.

David
 
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