Have you tried using using physical % work complete !
Description The Physical % Complete field shows an entered percent complete
value that can be be used as an alternative for calculating budgeted cost of
work performed (BCWP). This field is also known as Earned Value % Complete.
Best Uses Add the Physical % Complete field to a task view and enter values
when the calculated percent complete would not be an accurate measure of real
work performed or measured. Unlike the % Complete field, the Physical %
Complete field is independent of the total duration or actual duration values
used by the % Complete field to calculate BCWP.
Example A project of building a stone wall consists of 100 stones stacked
five high. The first row of 20 stones can be laid in 20 minutes, but the
second row takes 25 minutes because now you have to lift the stones up one
row higher, so it takes a little longer. The third row would take 30 minutes,
the fourth 35 minutes, and the last row takes 40 minutes to lay—150 minutes
total. After laying the first three rows, the project could be said to be 60
percent physically complete (you laid 60 of 100 stones). However, you only
spent 75 of 150 minutes, so in terms of duration, the job is only 50 percent
complete. You add the Physical % Complete field to the Gantt Chart view to
enter and track progress for this task.
Depending on how you get paid for the work or how the value is earned (by
the stone, or by the hour), you can choose the percent complete value or the
physical percent complete value to properly reflect this in the earned value
analysis.
Remarks While the default earned value method field is % Complete, you can
change it to Physical % Complete for any tasks that apply.
You can also set the earned value method for a task on the Advanced tab in
the Task Information dialog box.
To set the default earned value method for all new tasks, click Options on
the Tools menu. Click the Calculation tab, and then click Earned Value. You
can also use this dialog box to choose which of the 11 available baselines
should be used for earned value calculations.
The Physical % Complete field is available by default on the Tracking table.
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MP said:
I added the field "% complete [task]" (not "work % complete") to Detail's
View (where team members report). When someone reports on this field, instead
of reporting on "% work complete", if I accept the changes, Project
Professional updates the "% work complete" but not the "% complete"... This
seems to be a strange behaviour, since in the project I'm working on,
duration equals work...
1) It is possible to report on percent of duration complete?? If not, why
does this field let Team Members do so?!
Thanks in advance
