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Program: Oracle Primavera P6 Professional Version: all versions Difficulty: Intermediate Time to Complete: 15 minutes
There are many different methods for calculation of actual progress in Primavera P6. These methods involve using many fields and settings, including: Duration % Complete Units % Complete Physical % Complete Percent Complete Type Activity % Complete Performance % Complete Earned Value settings of the WBS Elements
I will explain Duration % Complete in this article. Other fields and settings will be explained in future articles and we will finally have a complete picture of the whole actual progressing system in Primavera P6.
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Lets say that the activity has started in May 8th. Well check the Started checkbox and enter the actual start date in its date box.
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Suppose that its currently May 27th; we will reschedule the plan for this data date.
The Actual Duration is automatically calculated based on Actual Start Date and the Data Date, as follows: [Actual Duration] = [Data Date] [Actual Start] (P6 formula for in-progress activities) Unfortunately, you cannot change the Actual Duration field manually. Now we can enter the remaining duration. In this example, we estimate that A1 requires 18 more days to be completed. Well enter 18d in remaining duration field. By entering a remaining duration, Duration % Complete will be calculated automatically.
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In this case, Duration % Complete is calculated as 10%. We could have entered the Duration % Complete instead of the Remaining Duration and P6 would have calculated Remaining Duration automatically . Now, take a look at the Gantt chart.
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When you look at the Gantt chart, you see that about half of the current duration is actualized and you may expect a Duration % Complete of around 50%. The exact number of the intuitive formula is 45.45% in this example, which is not equal to our Duration % Complete.
The activitys schedule is not changed, but Duration % Complete is recalculated based on the new Original Duration; and yes, its the intuitive value that we calculated before. When Original Duration is equal to the At Completion Duration, the Duration % Complete will have the intuitive value. The following equations show how the P6 formula would become the intuitive formula, when the Original Duration is equal to the At Completion Duration: [Duration % Complete]* = ( [Original Duration] [Remaining Duration] ) / [Original Duration] = ( [At Completion Duration] [Remaining Duration] ) / [At Completion Duration] = [Actual Duration] / ( [Actual Duration] + [Remaining Duration] ) * this equation is based on the assumption that Original Duration is equal to the At Completion Duration. If you would like to have the intuitive Duration % Complete (for any reason), you can create a global change to set the Original Durations of in-progress activities. The following figure shows the appropriate global change setup.
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This global change checks each activitys status; if its In Progress, then the At Completion Duration would be copied to the Original Duration. We will then have the intuitive Duration % Completes for all activities.
Summary
This tutorial has demonstrated the internal calculations of Primavera P6s Duration Percent Complete field. The most common problem in this area is that Primavera P6 does not use the intuitive formula for Duration % Complete which confuses some planners and project managers. We explained the Primavera P6 calculations and the intuitive formula side by side, to show the differences and create a better understanding of the P6 method. Finally, if you absolutely need to use the intuitive formula, try the Global Change described above. Remember, Duration % Complete does not provide a final result; it is used in a system which provides the actual progress. You should use Performance % Complete to read the actual progresses. Well cover that in an upcoming tutorial soon. 17 Votes
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i am very much great ful to you , i have a great experience with your subject,please guide the planners in the same manner so that the planning world shuold be the ruler in the universe. Please let us teach about resources also Duration Percent Complete in Primavera P6 | PMarchy
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s.a. mallick
7.4.2012
Your Comments The above mention information is really very useful . Is it possible to give information for physical percnt complete method also and also about cost loading in detail considering i am very new in planning job Thanks and Regards s.a.mallick
Im happy that youve found it useful. The Physical % Complete will be covered in the next article, which will be published in near future.
Behzad
7.22.2012
Arun R
8.20.2012
Dear Mr.Nader, I cant say what i feel reading your article. Its very helpful & is mentioned so simply. I like that. I am waiting for Performance % Complete article. Plannertuts is one of the best websites I seen which publishes great helpful article. I waiting for more article that help me to grow.
Mohamed Khafagi
9.13.2012
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I have problem in P6 that the performance % is equal zero , even the activity percentage changed with values , what could be the cause , even I reviewed the admin prefrences & check activity % with the performance % technique.mments
Dear Mohammad, The most likely problem is that you did not define any costs for activities. The calculation of Performance % Complete is depended on them.
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