Project 2016 Intermediate

Project 2016

Lesson – Tracking Your Progress

Steps

Practice Data

1. Select the Project tab.

The Project ribbon appears.

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2. Select the Update Project button from the Status group. The Update Project dialog box appears. 3. Enter the desired date in the Update work as complete through field. The selected date appears in the field The Update Project dialog box closes and a Planning Wizard opens or the project is updated using the selected date. 5. If a Planning Wizard dialog box opens, select OK . The project is updated. 4. Select OK .

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Change the date to 7/15/18.

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Notice that completed values have been entered for the 6 Review Bids and 7 Request Permits , but the 8 Obtain Permits task is only 40% complete and still has a remaining duration of 0.6 wks . Drag the split bar to the left and view the progress bars for the tasks. Mark 8 Obtain Permits 100% complete.

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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 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

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