{"id":7897,"date":"2022-09-28t11:04:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-28t15:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.deco-dalles.com\/?p=1326"},"modified":"2024-01-12t11:05:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12t16:05:16","slug":"primavera-p6-units-percent-complete-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.deco-dalles.com\/primavera-p6-units-percent-complete-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"units percent complete in primavera p6 – the missing guide"},"content":{"rendered":"
this article belongs to a series of articles about units percent complete fields of primavera p6.<\/p>\n
as explained in the previous article on the duration % complete, there are three percent complete fields for each activity:<\/p>\n
we’ve already covered duration % complete<\/a> and schedule % complete<\/a>. \u00a0this post will explore units % complete and future posts will continue to cover physical % complete, activity % complete and finally, performance % complete.<\/p>\n each assigned resource and assigned expense creates units in primavera p6. the number of units depend on duration of the activity and your current settings. \u00a0however, units % complete is only depended on labor and nonlabor units; material units and expense units are not used in calculating units % complete.<\/p>\n assignments which create units:<\/p>\n if you are familiar with the microsoft project, it might help to say that p6\u2019s units are similar to msp\u2019s work, and p6\u2019s units % complete is similar to msp\u2019s % work complete.<\/p>\n the primavera p6 uses a simple and intuitive formula for units % complete of activities with labor or non-labor assignments:<\/p>\n [units % complete] = [actual units] \/ ([actual units] + [remaining units] )<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n actual units is the sum of the labor units and nonlabor units, and remaining units is equal to the sum of the remaining labor units and remaining nonlabor units.<\/p>\n it simply shows that how much of the units are actualized so far. the following figure shows a sample calculation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n as you can see in the previous figure, when the units are not distributed uniformly, the resulting units % complete will not be equal to the ratio of the actual duration to the total duration.<\/p>\n the next animated figure shows the values of a sample activity in different times. we assume that the amount of the actual units in each period is equal to the planned value of that period.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n however, the above assumption is only for demonstration purposes and actual values are not usually equal to the planned values in the real world and even the at completion duration might change regularly.<\/p>\n the following figure shows a sample executing which does not follow the plan. the redistribution of the units is based on an imaginary tracking method and you should not worry about that; the only purpose of this figure is to show the calculation of units % complete with changing values.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n there are two major differences between units % complete and duration % complete:<\/p>\nthe concept of units<\/h2>\n
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the formula used for units % complete<\/h2>\n
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units % complete vs. duration % complete<\/h2>\n