MS Project 2003 improperly calculates Accumulated % Complete

[Pedro Caetano Barros]

Sirs,

Our PM department have developed a process to generate S Curve of Schedule,
based on Accumulated % Complete values. We used to generate this S Curve
using MS Project 2000 and MS Excel 2000. Data used to generate the curve are
based ONLY on % complete progress, since the PM process maturity does not
allow us to generate S curves based on BCWP, BCWS and ACWP values.

Our organization now needs to update MS Project to 2003 version. However, MS
Project 2003 cannot generate % Complete and Accumulated % Complete throughout
the entire project (it stops exactly in the very timescale point you have two
tasks or two phases, for instance, simultaneously).

This problem can be easily noticed if you open "Task Usage" view, adding
"Accumulated % Complete" in the timesheet section.

I would like to know how to solve this problem or find another procedure
to obtain correctly Accumulated % Complete values to be able to generate
the Schedule S Curve properly.

Thank you for any help.

Regards,

Pedro Caetano Barros
MS EPM Suite 2003 Support Group
São Paulo - SP
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