Project 2016 Intermediate

Project 2016

Lesson – Tracking Your Progress

Scroll the right pane as necessary to view task slippage. Notice that the bars for the 4 Draft Proposal task through the 10 Select Subcontractors task do not line up, indicating that the tasks have slipped.

Apply the Variance table and drag the split bar as far right as possible. Compare the baseline and actual start and finish dates. Notice the start variance and finish variance values for tasks 1 through 8.

Return to the Gantt Chart view.

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Discussion

If a project has proceeded as scheduled up to a certain date, Microsoft Project can automatically update the progress of all the tasks in that time span. By default, the program uses the status date for updating tasks. If you have not entered a status date, the current date will be used instead. However, while updating a project, you can enter another date. This date is saved as the new status date for the project. If a task was completed before the end of the status date, it will be recorded as 100% complete. The original start and end dates, duration, work, and cost values will be copied into the actual value fields. Values for incomplete tasks will be recorded according to the percentage of work assumed to have been completed. However, if you do not want to record information for incomplete tasks, you can choose to update tasks that have not started (0%) and those that are 100% complete only.

You can choose to update the work for an entire project or just for selected tasks. In addition, you can reschedule uncompleted work to start after a date that you specify.

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