{"id":89,"date":"2016-07-28T01:23:17","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T01:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.proyecteus.com\/wordpress\/?p=89"},"modified":"2016-07-28T01:51:55","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T01:51:55","slug":"percent-plan-in-microsoft-project-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.proyecteus.com\/wordpress\/percent-plan-in-microsoft-project-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Percent Plan in Microsoft Project – Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post continues the discussion on the tracking model based on the % Plan<\/strong> custom field.<\/p>\n

In the previous posts we defined the % Plan <\/strong>field and the formula that calculate the planned value according to the baseline and the status date for every task in the project, including the summary tasks.<\/p>\n

We used other custom fields to create an index that measures the project performance based on the % Complete<\/strong> and the % Plan <\/strong>values.<\/p>\n

You may want to check out the previous articles before this one in order for you to have the whole picture:<\/p>\n

Percent plan in Microsoft Project \u2013 Part 1<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Percent plan in Microsoft Project \u2013 Part 2<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Percent plan in Microsoft Project \u2013 Part 3<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Everything seems fine with the model, except that the % Plan<\/strong> sometimes is not comparable with the % Complete<\/strong> on the summary tasks. This weakness of the model is due to the calculation method we used for the % Plan<\/strong> which is different from the way Microsoft Project calculates the % Complete <\/strong>on the summary tasks.<\/p>\n

What to do if we want a more robust model? What to do if we want a model where the % Plan <\/strong>and the % Complete<\/strong> are consistent and therefore we could use that model with confidence in our projects?<\/p>\n

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Well, Proyecteus has developed such a model called the Percent Plan Model<\/strong>, which apply the ideas we developed on this serie of blog posts and that is complemented with some additional custom fields, macros and views.<\/p>\n

Using this model, we get a % Plan <\/strong>field which is consistent with the % Complete<\/strong>, allowing us to have a tracking view as in the following examples.<\/p>\n

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Example of Percent Planned Model<\/strong>, with all the tasks progressing as planned.
\nIn this example, the % Plan<\/strong> is equal to the % Complete<\/strong>, both in the detail tasks and in the summary tasks indicates that the model works fine.<\/p>\n

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Percent Plan Model for Microsoft Project. Example of a project running according to the plan<\/p><\/div>\n

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Example of Percent Plan Model<\/strong>, with progress of tasks with variations to the plan.
\nIn this example, the % Plan<\/strong> is different to the % Complete<\/strong> because some tasks are running behind and others ahead the plan, but the index (PI or Progress Index) is measuring correctly the project performance at every level of the tasks structure.<\/p>\n

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Percent Plan Model in Microsoft Project. Example of project running with deviations from the baseline<\/p><\/div>\n

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You can know more about the Percent Plan Model and buy it on the following page:<\/p>\n

Percent Plan Model for Microsoft Project<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

Please review the Percent Plan Model page, buy it if you consider it can be useful to you and let us know your opinion.<\/p>\n

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This is all for now, thank you for read and have a great day!<\/p>\n

\"Firma<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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