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When a task is completed for x%, can it be planned only for the (100-x)%?
In light of the alternate scenario (i.e. one resource working the task full time for the first 7 days and then another resource finishing the task working half time), I think the easiest approach is to separate the task into two parts.
1. Set up the first part as the full task of 10 days with 80 hours work and assign the full time resource. Enter 70% into the % Complete (or % Work Complete) field. Make a note of the remaining work, it should be 24 hours.
2. Create the second part (i.e. task b). The duration will default at 1 day. Enter the remaining work from the first part (i.e. 24 hours) into the Work field. Assign the half time resource. The task duration should expand to 6 days.
3. Edit the Work field for task a (the first part) to the existing actual work value (i.e. 56 hours). The Percent Complete should go to 100%. That captures the task effort completed by the first resource.
This process works whether the tasks are set to Fixed Work or Fixed Units and it should give the end result you need.
There are other ways to get this same result but I believe this is the easiest and most straight forward.
John
John-project Thank you once again.
... However, perhaps you are saying that another resource was originally assigned to the task and that resource completed 70% of the work. And now, a new resource (half time) is assigned to finish the task. If that's the case and the original work content was indeed 80 hours, then the first resource would have completed 56 hours of work with 24 hours remaining. Then if a resource that is only available half time were assigned to finish the task, it would indeed take 6 days to finish. ...
This is my case actually.
For a single task there is no way to separate was has been performed from what is yet to be performed, the two are interconnected.
This is what I trully needed to confirm.
Another feature of Project I should mention. You can go to Project >Status group > Update Project. That will allow you to automatically update a task through a specified date or, reschedule uncompleted work starting at a certain date.
I tried that but I could not make it work.
Thank you once again for your support.
In light of the alternate scenario (i.e. one resource working the task full time for the first 7 days and then another resource finishing the task working half time), I think the easiest approach is to separate the task into two parts.
1. Set up the first part as the full task of 10 days with 80 hours work and assign the full time resource. Enter 70% into the % Complete (or % Work Complete) field. Make a note of the remaining work, it should be 24 hours.
2. Create the second part (i.e. task b). The duration will default at 1 day. Enter the remaining work from the first part (i.e. 24 hours) into the Work field. Assign the half time resource. The task duration should expand to 6 days.
3. Edit the Work field for task a (the first part) to the existing actual work value (i.e. 56 hours). The Percent Complete should go to 100%. That captures the task effort completed by the first resource.
This process works whether the tasks are set to Fixed Work or Fixed Units and it should give the end result you need.
There are other ways to get this same result but I believe this is the easiest and most straight forward.
John
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John John-project Thank you very much for the guidance