Remove some subtasks' % complete from top-level task's calculated % complete

[anewton_lists]

Hi,

I'm using Project 2003.

I have a top-level task comprising subtasks. It was decided recently
that a number of these subtasks should be removed from this release of
the product. They will ship, instead, in a subsequent release.

I want to continue to track these subtasks, including their
relationship to the top-level task under which they live. And I also
want to keep track of what % complete (20%) they were at the time they
were dropped from this release. But I do not want their % complete to
be part of the top-level task's % complete for this release.

In my Project file, I use the Text2 field. It includes a set of four
values, one of which is "Suspended". I've assigned this state to the
subtasks that I want excluded from the % complete calculation.

Is there some way to perhaps calculate the top-level task's % complete
by excluding any subtask designated as "Suspended".

 

[davegb]

Hi,

I'm using Project 2003.

I have a top-level task comprising subtasks. It was decided recently
that a number of these subtasks should be removed from this release of
the product. They will ship, instead, in a subsequent release.

I want to continue to track these subtasks, including their
relationship to the top-level task under which they live. And I also
want to keep track of what % complete (20%) they were at the time they
were dropped from this release. But I do not want their % complete to
be part of the top-level task's % complete for this release.

In my Project file, I use the Text2 field. It includes a set of four
values, one of which is "Suspended". I've assigned this state to the
subtasks that I want excluded from the % complete calculation.

Is there some way to perhaps calculate the top-level task's % complete
by excluding any subtask designated as "Suspended".

Before I suggest anything, I want to be sure understand what you're
trying to do. You've removed some tasks from a project, put them in
another project. But you want to continue to appear to track this
particular task as though it were part of this project, but you don't
want the progress on this task to show as progress in the Summay line
in the project of which it is no longer a part. Is that correct?

 

[John]

Hi,

I'm using Project 2003.

I have a top-level task comprising subtasks. It was decided recently
that a number of these subtasks should be removed from this release of
the product. They will ship, instead, in a subsequent release.

I want to continue to track these subtasks, including their
relationship to the top-level task under which they live. And I also
want to keep track of what % complete (20%) they were at the time they
were dropped from this release. But I do not want their % complete to
be part of the top-level task's % complete for this release.

In my Project file, I use the Text2 field. It includes a set of four
values, one of which is "Suspended". I've assigned this state to the
subtasks that I want excluded from the % complete calculation.

Is there some way to perhaps calculate the top-level task's % complete
by excluding any subtask designated as "Suspended".

Hi Adam,
I'm kinda with Dave on this one. I sense a basic, "say what?" expression
on his face (and mine too).

Let's try to make it simple. Either the delayed release items are part
of the top level or they aren't. If they are they should be included. If
they aren't, they should either be deleted or moved to another project
where they are (or will be) active.

It is relatively easy to come up with a formula (or VBA) to do what you
want, but I question the validity of it.

John
Project MVP

 

[Steve House [Project MVP]]

In addition to John and Dave's comments, which I echo, you need to consider
what "% Complete" of the top level task represents. It is a weighted
average of the progress of the subtasks towards the finish and refers to the
passage of time. It is a comparison of duration passed to duration
required. When you say the tasks in question are going "on-hold" at 20%
complete, it sounds like you're using completion to measure something else.