Tracking the project


Now it's time to update the schedule with the information about the tasks completion in terms of duration or work. Fill in the corresponding column (% complete for duration and % work complete for work) with the values given to you by the people responsible with the project execution.
The completed part of a task will be marked in the Gantt graph with a darker color. If necessary, you can move the task so the end date of the completed part to correspond with the status date of the completion.

The % complete value for a task can be also modified in the Gantt graph by moving the mouse cursor in the left side of the uncompleted part of the task until the cursor appear and dragging on the right side to increase, or the left side to decrease it.

If there are resources assignated to tasks, by changing either % complete or % work complete, the other parameter will be calculated automatically. Otherwise, there is no work to calculate.

Hint: At the controlling phase start, before making any modifications involved by the project tracking, it can be useful to save the file as a baseline. This will help you to compare the schedule updated at a later stage with the planned schedule.