Microsoft Project - Showing Delay of each task
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From: Deepak_Malhotra on 7 May 2010 07:46 Dear All I have one query regarding the Microsoft Project. I have created a project plan, i have set the base line as well. now i want to show the delay of each task.. how can i do that. Say one of my task started on March 19, 2010 and was supposed to finish on March 22, 2010. However, the task started on time but finished on March 30, 2010. so i want to show the delay of 8 days in the project plan... How can i do that... please help... -- Deepak_Malhotra ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Deepak_Malhotra's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/217556.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/microsoft-project/1334828.htm http://forums.techarena.in
From: Andrew Lavinsky on 7 May 2010 08:33 A couple of options: 1) Navigate to the Tracking Gantt (Views > Tracking Gantt) 2) Expose either the Finish or Start Variance fields. Right click on a column header, select Insert Column, and pick from the drop down fields. - Andrew Lavinsky Blog: http://blogs.catapultsystems.com/epm > Dear All > > I have one query regarding the Microsoft Project. > > I have created a project plan, i have set the base line as well. now i > want to show the delay of each task.. how can i do that. > > Say one of my task started on March 19, 2010 and was supposed to > finish on March 22, 2010. > > However, the task started on time but finished on March 30, 2010. so i > want to show the delay of 8 days in the project plan... > > How can i do that... please help... > > http://forums.techarena.in >
From: Rob Schneider on 7 May 2010 08:34 Simplistically, you just show the project in say, the Tracking View, and for that task fill in the appropridate start/finish dates in the columns [Start Date] and [Finish Date]. If the project schedule is modelled in Project correctly, e.g. subsequent tasks are not constratined to start or finish on specific dates (I hope you did not enter start and end dates and intead let Project compute the schedule?), and if that task which finish late is on the critical path, then Project will recompute the schedule and show the corresponding overall delay. If that task is not on the critical path, then you'll likely not see any change in computed finish date. --rms www.rmschneider.com On 07/05/10 12:46, Deepak_Malhotra wrote: > Dear All > > I have one query regarding the Microsoft Project. > > I have created a project plan, i have set the base line as well. now i > want to show the delay of each task.. how can i do that. > > Say one of my task started on March 19, 2010 and was supposed to finish > on March 22, 2010. > > However, the task started on time but finished on March 30, 2010. so i > want to show the delay of 8 days in the project plan... > > How can i do that... please help... > >
From: Trevor Rabey on 7 May 2010 10:39
Get set up for tracking and updating so that you can see what you are doing, 6 steps: Save a baseline Set a status date Show the Tracking Gantt View Show the Tracking Table Show the Tracking Toolbar Format the gridlines to show the status date as a vertical red line on the chart Input the Actual Start date/time. Input the Actual Duration, usually the number of days from the actual start to the status date. If necessary, ie you have laid more or less bricks than estimated, revise the remaining duration Experiment with the 2nd and 3rd buttons on the Tracking Toolbar. Do not enter % Complete. The software calculates that for you from Actual Duration/Total Duration. Never show planned duration in the past. Never show progress in the future. The "physical" progress of the task, ie what has been done, how many bricks have been laid or whatever, is not so important as what remains, because that is what will mainly determine the estimate of the remaining duration. The past is only of interest to the extent that it provides a clue about the actual performance compared to the original estimate of performance, and has or may have a bearing on the estimate of the remaining duration. What the 2nd button on the Tracking Toolbar does. If you have not entered the actual start, assumes the task started on the scheduled start date and has been continuously in progress up to the status date. Automatically counts the days of actual duration and triggers the % Complete calculation of Actual Duration/Total Duration. If you have entered the actual start, assumes the task has been continuously in progress from the actual start up to the status date. Automatically counts the days of actual duration and triggers the % Complete calculation of Actual Duration/Total Duration. What the 3rd button on the Tracking Toolbar does. If the task is scheduled in the past relative to the status date and has not yet started, as of the status date, or if the task has actually stated but was interrupted before the status date, then the button moves the planned part of the task into the future relative to the status date. It is common to see planned duration in the past and progress in the future. They are both wrong but of the two, progress in the future is worst. Planned duration in the past just indicates an update step not yet done, perhaps just a mistake, and can be easily corrected with one click. Progress in the future on the other hand, indicates a possible mis-understanding. A 10 day task cannot be 80% complete if it only started 6 days ago. -- Trevor Rabey 0407213955 61 8 92727485 PERFECT PROJECT PLANNING www.perfectproject.com.au "Deepak_Malhotra" <Deepak_Malhotra.4alb9c(a)DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message news:Deepak_Malhotra.4alb9c(a)DoNotSpam.com... > > Dear All > > I have one query regarding the Microsoft Project. > > I have created a project plan, i have set the base line as well. now i > want to show the delay of each task.. how can i do that. > > Say one of my task started on March 19, 2010 and was supposed to finish > on March 22, 2010. > > However, the task started on time but finished on March 30, 2010. so i > want to show the delay of 8 days in the project plan... > > How can i do that... please help... > > > -- > Deepak_Malhotra > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Deepak_Malhotra's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/217556.htm > View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/microsoft-project/1334828.htm > > http://forums.techarena.in > |