Project 2013 Introduction

Lesson 5 – Tracking Your Progress

Project 2013

E NTERING THE P ERCENT C OMPLETE

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Discussion

When you automatically update a task as scheduled, Microsoft Project calculates the percent complete value for the task using the number of days between the current date you entered and the start date of the task. Sometimes the number of days passed is not a true indicator of the actual percentage of work completed on the task. You will then want to enter the percent complete value manually to indicate a more realistic estimate of the completed work. While you can use the buttons on the Task ribbon to enter values in 25% increments, you may need to enter a value, such as 40%. Any percentage of completed work can be recorded by directly typing the value into the % Complete field. This field is available by displaying the Tracking table. In addition, you can also use the Update Tasks dialog box to enter the percent of work complete. When entering completion percentages, you can either type the value or use the corresponding spin box.

The Update Tasks dialog box

NOTE

After selecting a task, you can open the Update Tasks dialog box using the Update Tasks button on the Task ribbon, Schedule group, under the Mark on Track button. You can use the Update Tasks dialog box to update information in any of the fields that it contains. You can also enter a completion percentage for a task on the General page of the Task Information dialog box.

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