Activity Progress Methods

A detailed description of the progress methods is given below.

Duration Progress

The values for the Calculated Cost Progress and the Calculated Hours Progress fields are calculated by dividing the elapsed days by the original duration of the activity. If the system date is after the early finish, the progress is 100.00% and if the system date is before the early start, the progress is 0.00%. The duration progress will be updated only after the activity is released. Progress from the connected objects is ignored. The progress is calculated top – down and it will be the same as the Calculated Cost Progress on the PCE line level.

Manual

The values in the Calculated Cost Progress and Calculated Hours Progress fields are based on the progress value which is entered manually, i.e. the manual progress will be copied as the calculated progress for the activity. All connected objects are ignored. The progress is calculated top – down and it will be the same as the Calculated Cost Progress on the PCE line level.

Progress Template

The values in the Calculated Cost Progress and Calculated Hours Progress fields are based on the progress on the currently selected progress template step. The progress is calculated top – down and it will be the same as the Calculated Cost Progress on the PCE line level.

All Connected Objects

The values in the Calculated Cost Progress and Calculated Hours Progress fields are based on the average of all connected objects. The progress is calculated as the sum of Earned Value divided by the sum of Planned or Baseline Value for the activity (bottom – up). Using Planned or Baseline Values are defined by the Progress Method set on the project.

The following object types may report Earned Value for cost and/or hours.

The following objects do not have any impact on progress.

In general the earned value and progress is calculated as follows:

Note: Work progress is physical progress (e.g. qty arrived/delivered/issued/complete compared to P/B qty) or using a status/template to define progress steps.

The Calculation of Earned Value and Progress per Object is performed as follows.

The Earned Value and progress is calculated as,

The Tasks Weighted Progress field on the  Project Navigator/Activity/task tab is calculated as follows.

It is the weighted progress of all the tasks connected to the activity. The progress of each task is weighted based on its value for Planned Hours.

In detail it can be given as follows: The planned hours for each task is multiplied by its task progress, and the resulting values for all the tasks are added together. This sum is then divided by the total planned hours for all the tasks, and the value is presented as a percentage. Tasks that do not have planned hours are weighted proportionally depending on the total number of tasks, for example if one task of four has no planned hours it is worth 25%.

Earned value and progress from a Work Order is reported from Operations, Tools and Facilities, Material Requisitions and the Purchase flow (Purchase Requisition created from a WO). For the purchase flow the planned values are saved on the PR line and inherited to the PO line.