You have to make a custom formula for the % complete you wish, in your case manhours. You won't be using anymore the Duration % Complete. Apply this formula in the custom field and add it as a column.
No, that doesn't work, i can't get anymore detailed than I have. I have more than 1000 lines. Unless I break it down into what they do every hour which isn't feasible.
I'll give you a simplified example of the problem:
It takes 10 men 10 days to perform the first task.
It takes 1 man 10 days to perform the second task.
The first task is 100% complete, the second task is 0%. The completion should be 91%, however MS Project says it is 50% (impossible) - it is just calculating from duration (10 days and 10 days) and not taking into account the hours it takes to do it.
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Submitted by Shareef Abdul Azeez on Thu, 2012-08-23 16:14
I have very detailed tasks and the majority are 100% complete. But I have several tasks lasting many days (for 1 man) which make the duration seem longer in total than the tasks that have been completed. Perhaps there is some settings that need to be altered?
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24 years 9 monthsThe telling question to ask
The telling question to ask the person responsible for each activity is ‘How long do you need to finish this work?’
The answer is the information you need for managing forward. For more on this see - Managing for Success - The power of regular updates: http://www.mosaicprojects.com.au/Resources_Papers_002.html
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18 years 2 monthsJames, You have to make a
James,
You have to make a custom formula for the % complete you wish, in your case manhours. You won't be using anymore the Duration % Complete. Apply this formula in the custom field and add it as a column.
Hope this helps.
Chris
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19 years 1 monthyes of course there are
yes of course there are differences in calculating % progress;
if you want to use duration as your factor, then you have to tailor your plan to be adaptable to duration;
otherwise, you can either use resource units and/or cost;
or maybe your own weighting factor;
the software will never tell you what is the right weight factor to use;
you need to find it out yourself,
by the way, I've never seen yet if MSP calculates planned % progress (or based on what factor?).
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13 years 2 monthsNo, that doesn't work, i
No, that doesn't work, i can't get anymore detailed than I have. I have more than 1000 lines. Unless I break it down into what they do every hour which isn't feasible.
I'll give you a simplified example of the problem:
It takes 10 men 10 days to perform the first task.
It takes 1 man 10 days to perform the second task.
The first task is 100% complete, the second task is 0%. The completion should be 91%, however MS Project says it is 50% (impossible) - it is just calculating from duration (10 days and 10 days) and not taking into account the hours it takes to do it.
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20 years 1 monthThere must be other pecentage
There must be other pecentage complete types in MS Poject 2003. I have not used MSP as such can not be specific.
It looks you are using Duration percentage complete (OD-RD)/OD.
In P6 this situation can be handled by performace, units or physical pecentage complete.
Regards
Shareef A Azeez
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19 years 1 monththat's what I'm trying to
that's what I'm trying to say,
if you are able to decompose your tasks into a daily duration, then you will get rid of longer duration for a single resource;
then I guess that you will get what you need.
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13 years 2 monthsI have very detailed tasks
I have very detailed tasks and the majority are 100% complete. But I have several tasks lasting many days (for 1 man) which make the duration seem longer in total than the tasks that have been completed. Perhaps there is some settings that need to be altered?
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19 years 1 monthI suggest you decompose your
I suggest you decompose your task (or activities) to as much details as you can;
the more you got details the more it will become accurate;
if you got details to the minute, then you can allocate your resources (or man-hours) accurately (or maybe nearly).