the performance % complete of the wbs element will be calculated by [performance % complete] = ev / bac formula. it’s not the sum of the underlying activities. check ev & bac for the wbs element.

sorry, p6 only has the option for 1 or 2 decimals. there’s always excel.

emmy,

concerning the financial project performance:
in many projects the clocked manhours are in a different software system , and primavera calculates the earned value hours. the calculation of the earned value is done by % complete times 1% of the baseline budget.
this means that it does not matter what kind of % kpl you use.

physical % complete has also problems of its own ,regarding the end date of a project.

as % complete and the rest duration are not connected , an activity of for instance 10 days can be given 90% complete with a rest duration of 8 days.this implicates that a project with a duration of for instance 12 months can be reported 80% complete with a rest duration of 10 months. nice when there is a fixed end date of a project and you report to the management that they are 80% complete.

anyway, working with a pdm network, the time schedule is driving by duration and not by manhours.

in a cost loaded schedule, go to columns and expand the option percent completes where you can find “schedule % complete”. add this filed to your columns. this will give the planned %.

normally when i update a project, the end date/completion date keeps on moving forward. i want to keep the end date fixed so that i can rearrange my 世界杯时间比赛时间 accordingly.

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performance percentage is linked with physical percentage so you have to put it manually. 100 percent means your activity is actually finished but as planned its not finished. reason is that an activity might have actually started earlier than planned date

aamer,
for duration type, stick to fixed duration & units/time – only change this if you’re trying to have p6 calculate durations or number of 世界杯时间比赛时间 (in very special circumstances – like a change request or scenario).
most industries use physical % complete. units is never used, and duration is the default but not ideal – stick to physical. i teach both of these subjects in great detail on plannertuts premium – our online training portal.
michael

1.fix duration &units
2.fix duration &units/time
3.fix units
4.fix units/time

then what percentage type you usually adopt.
1.duration
2.physical
3.unit.
i am very confused with all these- perhaps, a calculator/pen/paper would be the best option
kind regards
aamer

good luck.

the scenario you described is perfectly valid, especially if your %complete type is set to duration.

this kind of scenario will occur when your work is not evenly distributed with time.

i would suggest that you use physical % complete type for tasks like construction activities whose progress is often not distributed evenly over the duration.

however if you feel duration % complete is right for you, you might want to fiddle with your original duration or your remaining duration.

this is as far as i understand.

regards

found your article helpful, but wonder why some quest arises in mind that

scenario
1. od= 10
2. ad= 10
3. rd= 10
3. % compl= 0%
but still some quantity of work progressed and duration lapsed and resource did some work. could u please explain.

what’s mean please ??

br

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thanks alot

hosna, the activity details sometimes goes gray if you have multiple activities highlighted or if you are a highlighting a wbs or group bar. if this doesn’t solve it, reply back with more info.
pt

great post !

can you please enlighten about duration % of original. how is it calculated (formula) and how is it different from dur % complete. and when it should be used?.

regards

shuvro.

dear mohammad,
the most likely problem is that you did not define any costs for activities. the calculation of performance % complete is depended on them.

you’re welcome arun; i’m glad that you’ve found it helpful.

i’m happy that you’ve found it useful.
the physical % complete will be covered in the next article, which will be published in near future.

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