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Hello my group members...I would like to know the Difference between : 1) Activity % complete 2)

Performance % complete 3) Schedule % complete 4) Duration % complete ....Thanks alot

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WILLIAM WEDDENDORF Since you have been "endorsed" for Primavera 6, deploy the HINTS

feature and it will give you the answer.

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Cherie Chance Activity % Complete is calculated based on your Activity % Complete Type and can

be based on Duration % Complete, Physcial % Complete or Units % Complete values

Performance % Complete is based on the Earned Value Technique selected for the WBS. It can be

tied to Activity % Complete, 0/100, 0/50, WBS Milestones or WBS custom % complete.

Schedule % Complete is calculates how much of baseline duration has been completed using the

data date and the baseline dates. It does not take into account actual progress.

Duration % Complete represents the % complete based on the planned duration compared to the

remaining duration of the activity.


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1- Duration % complete:Duration % of Original (or Planned) threshold value is expressed as a percentage. An issue is generated

if the ratio of the activitys actual duration to its original or planned duration (actual duration / original or

planned duration * 100) falls beyond the threshold values.

How it is calculated in primavera p6 : Duration percent Complete(P6) = ( [Original Duration]

[Remaining Duration] ) / [Original Duration]

Example of calculating Duration % Complete : Original Duration: 20d , Actual Duration: 15d and

Remaining Duration: 18d [Duration % Complete] = (20-18)/20 = 10%

to use the Duration % complete for an activity you should select the Duration % complete type from the

activity details general tap as shown in the photo below

Duration percent complete primavera p6

Duration percent Complete for WBS Elements

The previous explanation was focused on Duration % Complete for Activities. Duration % Complete is

also calculated for WBS Elements, but I strongly recommend you not to use Duration % Complete to

track a WBS Elements progress. Thus I have not included an explanation of the calculations here.

2- Units % complete:Each assigned resource and assigned expense creates units in Primavera P6. The number of units

depend on duration of the activity and your current settings the Units % is calculated from the actual

and remaining units, Units % Complete = [Actual Units / At Completion Units] x 100. see the figure

below for more understanding
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unitspercent complete primavera p6

Units % Complete for WBS Elements

The previous explanations were for activities Units % Complete. This field is calculated in the same way

for WBS Elements. However, I recommend you to use Earned Value and Performance % Complete for

the WBS Elements instead of Units % Complete and Duration % Complete.

Different between Duration % complete and Units %Complete:

- When units are not distributed uniformly, the Units % Complete will not be uniform relative to the timeand will not equal to duration percentage complete.

- Even if the units are distributed uniformly and the original duration not equal to at completion duration

the units percentage complete will not equal to duration percentage complete.

- Only when units are distributed uniformly and the original duration equal to at completion duration the

units percentage complete will equal to duration percentage complete.

3- Physical % complete:Physical percentage complete is a calculated field, which displays the percent complete based on the

relative weights of the completed steps versus the incomplete steps. The physical progress of an activity

is a manually-entered value determined by the user. The Physical % Complete is not rolled-up to

WBS level, because its based on an external parameters, unknown to the software.

to use the Physical % complete for an activity you should select the Physical % complete type from the

activity details general tap as shown in the photo below
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Physical percent complete primavera p6

4- Schedule % complete:schedule percent complete for an activity based on a straight forward calculation in primavera p6,

schedule percent complete = ( [Data Date] [Baseline Start] ) / ( [Baseline Finish] [Baseline Start] )

When the Data Date is earlier than the Baseline Start date, Schedule % Complete is zero, when its after

the Baseline Finish data, Schedule % Complete is 100%. Otherwise, Schedule % Complete show what

percentage of the Baseline duration is passed by the Data Date. see the figure below for better

understanding.

Schedule percent complete primavera p6

Schedule % Complete for WBS Elements:

The Schedule % Complete of the WBS Element will be the ratio of the Baseline Costs before the Data

Date to the Total Baseline Cost.

The costs before the Data Date are called the Planned Value, or PV for short (Also called BCWS

Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled). The total baseline cost is called Budget At Completion or BAC for
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short. We can now formulate the calculation of Schedule % Complete for WBS Elements as: Schedule %

Completed (WBS) = PV / BAC

5-Performance % Complete:The percentage presentation of EV is usually called Performance % Complete. Performance % Complete

of the Activities under the same WBS Element is calculated by one of these six options:

1. By Activity % Complete and without resource curves

2. By Activity % Complete and with resource curves

3. By WBS Milestones

4. By 0/100 method

5. By 50/50 method

6. By x/(100-x) custom method

(1) and (2) are continuous and the rest of them are milestone progresses. (1) and (2) are dependent on

the Activity

progress, (3) is completely independent from the Activity progress, and the rest of them are only

influenced by Actual Start

and Actual Finish of the Activities.

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