I knew this, of course, but it is easy to forget when you are in a hurry. The new activity doesn't exist in the original plan so Earned Value is automatically zero. My schedule was set to Project baseline, and my Project baseline is the original plan. Under the Settings tab in the Project Details window there are two options for calculating Earned Value: Project baseline or User's primary baseline. Yes, it is a new activity! And where does Earned Value come from? He'd probably say something like, "hey buddy, if Earned Value is working on EVERY other activity in the schedule then there has to be something different about this one." And if you were thinking it was a milestone, keep in mind that milestones cannot be assigned resources due to their zero durations. Sorry - the new activity is Task Dependent. Yet here I am, still looking at zero dollars earned and 40% complete.Īha, must be the activity type! We know that certain activity types like Level of Effort and WBS Summary behave differently than other types of activities. The point being that the activity percent complete determines Earned Value. In the construction industry that is pretty much the setting that everyone uses. What about my Earned Value settings? I almost never change them, but I verified that Performance Percent Complete = Activity % Complete (Admin > Admin Preferences > Earned Value). And I am using the same resource that all other cost-loaded activities have been assigned in this particular schedule. Perhaps there is something wrong with the way I cost-loaded the activity.
I should also mention that I am using the Physical % Complete type so that I can enter whatever percentage I want. Well, no, it would not be possible to show a percent complete without first entering an actual start date. Now, perhaps you are thinking I forgot to apply an actual start date. But the activity is in fact showing 40% complete. But while checking my customized earnings report I realize there is no Earned Value for the new activity.
The client told me he is 40 percent complete with the modification. I have a change order modification that has been added, and there is also progress on this new activity. I am updating a new Primavera P6 schedule for the first time. Unfortunately, I recently forgot that lesson. "I said to myself, 'what would a smart guy do?'" His client (actually, a mobster he is planning to rip off) says, "you're a pretty smart guy." When Hackman's character declines the compliment, the mobster replies, "then how did you figure it out?" Hackman's response: In one of my favorite Gene Hackman films, Heist, there is a scene where his character is explaining how he solved a problem.
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