ans015 Duration Percent Complete in Primavera PS the Missing Guide Join Duration Percent Complete in Primaver P6 - the Missing Guide There are many different methods for duration-percent-complete-¢ calculation of actual progress in Primavera P6. These methods involve using many fields and settings, including: Duration % Complete Units % Complete Physical % Complete Percent Complete Type Activity % Complete Performance % Complete Earned Value settings of the WBS Elements Iwill explain Duration % Complete in this article. Other fields and settings will be explained in future articles and we will finally have a complete picture of the who actual progressing system in Primavera P6. Primavera P6’s 3 Types of Activity Percent Complete Each activity has three percent complete fields that are calculated all the time: ripe vinwplanacademy comiprimavera-p6-cuation percent- complete guide! 112sanes Duration Percert Complete in Primavera the Missing Guide 1. Duration % Complete 2. Units % Complete 3. Physical % Complete Only one of these values will be selected by the user as the activity's progress, ev though all of them are calculated all the time. | will explain how to choose the appropriate activity percent complete in future articles. Duration % Complete Calculations The most common problem with Duration % Complete is that Primavera P6 uses counterintuitive formula. You may expect it to be something like Microsoft Projec formula: Duration % Complete(MS Project) = [Actual Duration] / ( [Actual Duration + [Remaining Duration] ) But this is not the P6 formula. Duration % Complete is calculated with this formul Duration % Complete(P6) = ( [Original Duration] - [Remaining Duration] ) [Original Duration] is formula uses Original Duration, which may be different from the current ration. We will check this on the following sample. Sample: We have an activity with original duration of 20 days. 15 days have passe and we estimate it to finish in 18 days (yes, it's much longer than we expected init The Original Duration does not change automatically after activity’s start. Original Duration: 20d Actual Duration: 15d Remaining Duration: 18d ripe vinwplanacademy comiprimavera-p6-cuation percent- complete guide! 28