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Activity Progress

In general, entering status information about activity progress consists of specifying the related information so that a revised time analysis of the project can be performed.

The information includes:

  • Has the activity started? If so, when?
  • Has the activity ended? If so, when?
  • If the activity has started but not yet ended, how long is the remaining duration?

    It is important to make sure that all progress information up to Time Now has been entered. The Time Now date (sometimes referred to as the status date) refers to the date for which all the progress data in a project has been reported. Open Plan assumes that no future work for the project (including activities which have not yet started and activities which have been started but not completed) can be scheduled prior to the Time Now date. For example, a Time Now of 01Jun15 means that all progress data in the project up to and including 31May15 has been reported, and that Open Plan does not schedule any work for the project prior to 01Jun15.

Note: Time Now is a date for statusing purposes only and does not have any relationship to the actual current calendar date.

It is recommended that you enter actual dates for progressed activities whenever possible. If you omit an actual start or actual finish date when entering project progress, Open Plan deduces the dates for the purposes of internal calculations based on the status code entered and Time Now.

Tip: One proven way to gather progress information in a systematic fashion is to work from a turnaround report created especially for the managers responsible for those particular activities. The managers can use this document to enter their progress against a list of activities scheduled to be in progress during a particular time period.