Guild of Project Controls: Compendium | Roles | Assessment | Certifications | Membership

Tips on using this forum..

(1) Explain your problem, don't simply post "This isn't working". What were you doing when you faced the problem? What have you tried to resolve - did you look for a solution using "Search" ? Has it happened just once or several times?

(2) It's also good to get feedback when a solution is found, return to the original post to explain how it was resolved so that more people can also use the results.

Percent Work and Percent Complete

3 replies [Last post]
Sat, 2007-12-01 04:52
moutaz aldeib
User offline. Last seen 2 years 27 weeks ago. Offline
Joined: 31 Dec 2003
Posts: 291
Groups: None
Dear Planners,

Could any one tell me the difference in MS Project between % work and % complete and which one should be used to update the program.

Regards,

Moutaz
Top

Replies

Sun, 2007-12-02 20:12
#1
Trevor Rabey
User offline. Last seen 1 year 22 weeks ago. Offline
Joined: 29 Nov 2005
Posts: 530
Groups: None
Moutaz,

A % of anything must be a number with a numerator and denominator.

There is no such thing as "% Progress", unless there is a numerator and a denominator.

% Complete measures how much of the Task Actual Duration has elapsed as a fraction of the Total Duration.

% Complete (Duration) = (Actual Duration)/(Total Duration)

Similarly,
% Work Complete = (Actual Work)/(Total Work)

Do your updates with the Tracking Gantt and the Tracking Table and the Tracking Toolbar.
Type in Actual Start, Actual Finish, Actual Duration, Remaining Duration. Do not type in % Complete because MSP will calculate this for you.
Top
Sat, 2007-12-01 08:18
#2
Imran Arshad
User offline. Last seen 5 years 33 weeks ago. Offline
Joined: 6 Nov 2007
Posts: 46
Groups: Civil Engineering
%age complete is used to update progress
Top