Primavera provide a tool called Progress Line to compare Actual Progress (Activity

% Complete) with Baseline on Gantt chart.

I will show you how to do it.

We have a simple project. It is assigned a Project Baseline.

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Then we will update the project.

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Activity A finish 2 days late so Activity B start late and now is behind schedule.

Activity C finish 2 days early so Activity D start early and now is ahead schedule.

Now we want to see the current progress in compare with baseline.

We can right click on Gantt chart -> Bar chart option.

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Go to Progress Line tab -> Select �By connecting progress points based on
activity�s� and �Percent Complete�

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Click OK. Go to menu View -> Progress Line.

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Now Primavera will show a vertical red line.

The line will go left if the activity is behind schedule.

The line will go right if the activity is ahead schedule.

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The point (where the red line connect) represent the Activity % Complete. But now
it show on Baseline bar so that we know the activity is late or early.

Activity B is 30% complete, then the progress line will be drawn 30% of the way
along the baseline bar.

Activity D is 70% complete, then the progress line will be drawn 70% of the way
along the baseline bar.

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So now by display the Progress Line we can quickly see which activity is behind
schedule and which activity is ahead schedule.

Note :

Normally the Progress line is only used to analyze on-going activity. It will be
drawn at same place with Data Date if:
The activity is a Milestone.
The activity does not exist in the baseline.
The activity is completed.
The activity is not started, and the baseline start is after or on the Data Date
How about �Remaining Duration� option

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If you select the �Remaining Duration� option, then the progress point will be
calculated as:
Progress Point = Baseline Finish � Remaining Duration.

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Progress point of Activity B = 03/Sep � 7 day = 28/Aug

Progress point of Activity D = 03/Sep � 3 day = 01/Sep

With this option we can also quickly see which activity is behind schedule and
which activity is ahead schedule.