Decoupling % complete from % of budget

[sqldude7777]

Hi

We are running Project Server 2007 SP1 with project professional 2007
SP1 client.

A power user has asked that we de-couple project expenditure from
project completion.
Projects currently have the need to have project completion to be run
separatly from the spend on a project, such that if a project is 10%
complete it may have actually spentr 25 % of the budget. Currently
projects assume that 25% of project = 25% of budget, whi8ch is not
what we want.

Is this a project server issue or a project professional issue and
does any one have any suggestiosn about how to set it up as we need
please?

Thanks in advance,

SD.

 

[Gary L. Chefetz]

SQLDUDE:

It sounds more like a user training issue. You can contour expenses in
Project, you can accrue more work than scheduled which accelerates expense
realization, you can use Cost Resources and fixed costs to track expenses.
There are many ways to approach this issue, but it would take substantial
information from you to understand the requirement and make a usage
recommendation. There is no "de-couple" feature per se, but there are many
approaches you can take using the tool.

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[Dale Howard [MVP]]

SD --

If you do not want Microsoft Project 2007 to calculate the Actual Cost for
tasks, then you will need to do both of the following:

1. Open an enterprise project in Microsoft Project 2007 and then click
Tools - Options - Calculation. Deselect the "Actual costs are always
calculated by Microsoft Office Project" option and click the OK button.

2. Manually enter Actual Costs on every task in the project (you cannot
enter Actual Costs on summary tasks).

Hope this helps.

 

[Jack Dahlgren]

Have you considered using Physical Percent Complete instead? You will have to
update it slightly differently. Google for earned value and you will find
much about the theory.

-Jack