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JBLT-77
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Aug 23, 2022

What Project Views, Tables or Fields Can Give Me Insight Into How Far Ahead or Behind The Project is

I have the earned value report and table that just tells me visually or in monetary terms whether my project is ahead, on schedule or behind schedule, but I'm looking for a view, report or table that...
  • Dale_HowardMVP's avatar
    Aug 23, 2022
    JBLT83 --

    I would recommend you use the Tracking Gantt view with the Variance table applied. Please be aware that the Variance table is NOT showing planned versus baseline. The values in the Start Variance and Finish Variance columns show planned and actuals versus the baseline. If you are seeing 0d values in these two columns, that indicates your project is on schedule. Then again, how are you entering progress in your projects? I personally recommend using a modified version of the Tracking table in which I can enter updates for each task using the following columns:

    Actual Start
    % Complete
    Remaining Duration
    Actual Finish

    If you modify your Tracking table as shown above, this will give you a "date sensitive" method for tracking progress, which would potentially reveal variance in the Variance table. Just a few thoughts. Hope this helps.

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