Note: The calculations described in this section pertain to the progress and earned progress data accumulation and calculation discussed in Project Progress Data Accumulation and Calculation. If you do not need to work with progress or earned progress data to ultimately calculate Earned Value, you do not need to read this section.
This section explains calculations involved in calculating progress and earned progress at activity and resource level based on different options selected on Budget and Progress Method setup window. The data elements on the Schedule Attribute and Resource Assignment Attribute forms are considered and affected by the progress and earned progress calculations are:
- Activity
- Total Cost
- Activity % Complete
- Earned Progress
- Earned Amount (Value of this data element is always based on uDesigner design)
- Resource
- Role
- Quantity
- Rate
- Amount
- Resource % Complete (Value of this data element is calculated as (Progress Quantity / Quantity) %
- Progress Quantity
- Earned Quantity
- Earned Amount (Value of this data element is always based on uDesigner design)
The calculations are described in terms of the calculation options in relation to the % Complete and Earned Progress entry method selected:
- Independently Control % complete and Earned quantity
- Activity and resource % complete updates % earned
- Activity and resource % earned updates % complete
- Do not allow update of % complete and % earned
See Select the entry method for the % complete and earned progress for details on these methods.