


Notice that the Design task is 100% complete with both an Actual Start date and an Actual Finish date entered for each resource assigned to the task. If you decrease the Remaining Work value, Microsoft Project automatically increases the % Work Complete value.įigure 2 shows the Tracking table set up to track progress at the resource assignment level, and with progress entered for the first two tasks. Also keep in mind that after you enter the % Work Complete value, if you then increase the Remaining Work value, Microsoft Project automatically reduces the % Work Complete value. Instead, when you enter a date in the Actual Finish column, Microsoft Project automatically calculates a 100% complete value in the % Work Complete column. Using the preceding steps, you never need to enter 100% in the % Work Complete column for any task. If all assigned resources finished the task on the same day, you could enter the Actual Finish date for the task instead of entering it for each assigned resource, by the way. When the team members complete work on task, enter the actual completion date in the Actual Finish column for each assigned resource on a task.Enter the number of hours of work left in the Remaining Work column for each assigned resource on a task.Enter the estimated percentage of completion in the % Work Complete column for each assigned resource on a task.Enter the actual start date in the Actual Start column for each assigned resource on a task.Drag the split bar to the right of the Actual Finish column.In the list of available task columns, select Remaining Work column.Right-click on the Actual Finish column header and select the Insert Column item on the shortcut menu again.In the list of available task columns, select the % Work Complete column.Right-click on the Actual Finish column header and select the Insert Column item on the shortcut menu.Drag the split bar to the right of the Physical % Complete column.To enter progress at the resource assignment level, complete the following steps in your Microsoft Project schedule: If you want to enter progress on tasks with multiple resources assigned, and want to enter the progress for each assigned resource individually, you can use a variation of the preceding set of steps. The preceding process works well when you enter progress on tasks with only a single resource assigned.

Notice that the Build task is only 50% complete, with an Actual Start date and a % Complete value entered, with no adjustment to the Remaining Duration value, and with no Actual Finish date entered yet.Įntering Progress at the Resource Assignment Level Notice that the Design task is 100% complete with both an Actual Start date and an Actual Finish date entered for the task. This is because the % Complete field is a Duration-driven field in which the values represent the percentage of the Duration completed to date.įigure 1 shows the Tracking table set up to track progress at the task level, and with progress entered for the first two tasks. If you decrease the Remaining Duration value, Microsoft Project automatically increases the % Complete value. Also keep in mind that after you enter the % Complete value, if you then increase the Remaining Duration value, Microsoft Project automatically reduces the % Complete value. Instead, when you enter a date in the Actual Finish column, Microsoft Project automatically calculates a 100% complete value in the % Complete column. Using the preceding steps, you never need to enter 100% in the % Complete column for any task. When the team members complete work on task, enter the actual completion date for the task in the Actual Finish column.Enter the number of days left for the task (the Estimate To Complete) for each task in the Remaining Duration column.Enter the estimated percentage of completion for each task in the % Complete column.Enter the actual start date of each task in the Actual Start column.Drag the split bar to the right edge of the Actual Finish column.“Drag and drop” the Remaining Duration column to the right of the % Complete column.“Drag and drop” the % Complete column to the right of the Actual Start column.Drag the split bar to the right of the % Complete column.In the Data section of the View ribbon, click the Tables pick list button and select the Tracking table.Click the View tab to display the View ribbon.Based on the answers provided by your team members for the preceding questions you can manually enter actual progress by completing the following steps in your Microsoft Project schedule:
