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Search the site 07/23/13 by TheP6Pro When adding activities to a Primavera P6 EPPM or Professional schedule, you have three possible percent complete types to choose from: Duration, Physical and Units. Which one you choose depends on your desired outcome. This article explains each of the Primavera P6 activity percent compete choices, when you should use a particular percent complete type and how they affect your process for entering status to your project’s schedule. The Activity % Complete Field Before we get into the specifics of the percent complete types, we need to take a quick look at the Activity % Complete field. This field’s existence can be a little confusing because it sounds like another percent complete type. However it is, in fact, a field (column) into which a value can be placed to update the value in the activity’s selected percent complete type field. In other words you don’t need to add a column for all three percent complete types that you might be using within a schedule, rather you just add the Activity % Complete field, and enter your values there. Any option that reduces the number of columns you need to have displayed in your P6 table area is a good thing. Duration % Complete This option is used to calculate progress from the planned and remaining duration values. For example, if you enter 6 days of remaining duration for a 10 day duration activity, Primavera P6 will calculate 40% complete. Transversely, if you enter 40% in the Activity % Complete field, P6 will calculate a remaining duration of 6 days. Original or Planned Duration – Remaining Duration = Percent Complete Usage: Enter a percent complete value in the Activity % Complete column or directly into the Duration % Complete column. Primavera P6 will automatically calculate the Remaining Duration for the activity. Or enter a Remaining Duration value and let P6 calculate the percentage. CATEGORIE Deltek Cobra Earned Value Mgmt Microsoft Project News Primavera P6 Project Management Training ARCHIVES [+] 2015 [+] 2014 [+] 2013 [+] 2012 [+] 2011 Join our mailing list. CONTACT US (703) 9102600 Name Email Comment Type the characters abo SUBMIT Consulting Services Software Services Training Blog Clients Contact Us About Ten Six PRIMAVERA P6 PERCENT COMPLETE TYPES

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  • 3/21/2015 PrimaveraP6PercentCompleteTypes|TenSixConsulting

    http://tensix.com/2013/07/primaverap6percentcompletetypes/ 1/4

    Searchthesite

    07/23/13

    byTheP6Pro

    WhenaddingactivitiestoaPrimaveraP6EPPMorProfessionalschedule,youhavethreepossiblepercentcompletetypestochoosefrom:Duration,PhysicalandUnits.Whichoneyouchoosedependsonyourdesiredoutcome.ThisarticleexplainseachofthePrimaveraP6activitypercentcompetechoices,whenyoushoulduseaparticularpercentcompletetypeandhowtheyaffectyourprocessforenteringstatustoyourprojectsschedule.

    TheActivity%CompleteField

    Beforewegetintothespecificsofthepercentcompletetypes,weneedtotakeaquicklookattheActivity%Completefield.Thisfieldsexistencecanbealittleconfusingbecauseitsoundslikeanotherpercentcompletetype.Howeveritis,infact,afield(column)intowhichavaluecanbeplacedtoupdatethevalueintheactivitysselectedpercentcompletetypefield.Inotherwordsyoudontneedtoaddacolumnforallthreepercentcompletetypesthatyoumightbeusingwithinaschedule,ratheryoujustaddtheActivity%Completefield,andenteryourvaluesthere.

    AnyoptionthatreducesthenumberofcolumnsyouneedtohavedisplayedinyourP6tableareaisagoodthing.

    Duration%Complete

    Thisoptionisusedtocalculateprogressfromtheplannedandremainingdurationvalues.Forexample,ifyouenter6daysofremainingdurationfora10daydurationactivity,PrimaveraP6willcalculate40%complete.Transversely,ifyouenter40%intheActivity%Completefield,P6willcalculatearemainingdurationof6days.

    OriginalorPlannedDurationRemainingDuration=PercentComplete

    Usage:

    EnterapercentcompletevalueintheActivity%CompletecolumnordirectlyintotheDuration%Completecolumn.PrimaveraP6willautomaticallycalculatetheRemainingDurationfortheactivity.OrenteraRemainingDurationvalueandletP6calculatethepercentage.

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    PRIMAVERA P6 PERCENT COMPLETETYPES

  • 3/21/2015 PrimaveraP6PercentCompleteTypes|TenSixConsulting

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    Thispercentcompletetypeisbestusedformorelevelofefforttypeactivitieswheremeasurabledeliverablesarenotexpectedandthepercentcompleterepresentselapsedtimemorethandeliverablescompleted.

    Physical%Complete

    Thepercentcompletevalueswillbeenteredbytheusermanually.EnteringavalueintheActivity%CompletefieldwillupdatethePhysical%Completevalue.ThePhysical%CompletetypeisrequiredifyouwishtouseStepstodriveprogress.

    Caution:WhenPhysical%Completeisused,youmustadjusttheRemainingDurationasthisisnotcalculatedbyPrimaveraP6.YoumustenteraRemainingDurationmanually,orsetanExpectedFinishdateontheactivity.

    IfyoudontadjusttheRemainingDuration,P6willaddtheActualDurationtotheRemainingDuration.Thiswillcauseunnecessaryvarianceintheprojectandwilllikelyalteryourcriticalpath.Asyoucanseeinthefollowingfigure,theRemainingDurationremainedat10days,theActualDurationwasaddedtoit,givinganAtCompletionDurationof14days,andpushingallsuccessoractivitiesoutbutthatamount.

    YoucanusetheExpectedFinishdateoptiontohelpcontroltheremainingdurationofPhysical%Completeactivities.AddingadateintheExpectedFinishdatefieldlocksdowntheenddateoftheactivityandforcesP6tocalculatetheRemainingDuration.

    IntheaboveimageyoucanseethatanExpectedFinishdateof27Jan15haspulledtheenddatebacktoitsoriginaldateandcausedP6tocalculatea6dayremainingduration.

    Physical%CompleteandSteps

    AnadditionaladvantagewhenusingthePhysical%Completetechniqueistheabilitytoprogresstheactivityusingweightedsteps.WeightedStepsaresimplyachecklistofthingsthatmustbecompletedbeforetheactivitycanbeconsideredfinished.

    ContinuingwithourMobilizeactivityexample,weightedstepshavebeenaddedfromaStepTemplate.

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    TheweightsvaluesenteredwillbecalculatedtoapercentagevaluebyPrimaveraP6andwilldrivethePhysical%Completevalueoftheactivity.TheweightvaluescanbeanydecimalnumberandthussparetheuserfrommanuallycalculatingthePercentCompletevaluestheyjustentersomearbitraryvaluebasedonwhateverfactortheychoosenumberofhours,relativedegreeofdifficulty,whatever.

    AsStepsarecheckedoffasCompleted,sotheywilldrivethePercentCompletefortheactivity.Theuserwillstillneedtomanuallyupdatetheremainingdurationorexpectedfinishdatevaluesaspreviouslydescribed.

    Note:theCalculateActivity%CompletefromtheactivitystepsmustbesetintheCalculationstaboftheSetProjectPreferencesdialogmustbesetinorderforthisfeaturetowork.

    Usage:

    ThePhysical%Completeprogresstypeshouldbeusedwhendealingwithdiscreteworkthatequatestooneormoremeasurabledeliveryitems.

    Units%Complete

    TheUnits%Completetypeisusedwhenresourcesareassignedtoanactivityandactualunitsworkedwillbetracked.ActualUnitsmaybeenteredmanuallyorviatheApplyActualsfeaturethatloadsactualunitsfromatimesheetmodulesuchasPrimaveraProgressReporter.

    AswithPhysical%Complete,Units%Completedoesntcalculatetheremainingdurationforactivities,soyouwillneedtouseeithertheRemainingDurationfieldoranExpectedFinishdatetomanuallycontrolthecalculatedenddateforyouractivity.

    Usage:

    UseUnits%Completewhenresourcesareassignedtotheactivityandactualunitswillbetracked.Theonlydrawbackofthismethodisthathoursexpendeddoesntnecessarilyequatetoprogressachieved,

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    20102015TenSixConsulting,LLC|(703)9102600

    InterviewWithAuthorStephenD.Kelly

    sothismethodisnotverydiscrete.

    Summary

    IhopethisarticlehelpsgiveyouabetterunderstandingofeachofthePrimaveraP6activitypercentcompletechoices,whentheyshouldbeappliedandwhattheoutcomewillbewhenstatusingyourproject.

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