Entering Progress Information
In Open Plan, you enter activity progress using the tabbed Activity Progress dialog box. You can display this dialog box by displaying an activity and clicking Progress on the Edit tab.
Entering progress information about an activity's resource usage consists of specifying information about the actual, remaining, and forecast usage for the resource and its costs.
You can also enter notes about an activity in the Activity Progress dialog box.
The Activity Progress dialog box is modeless. This allows you to keep it open while performing other operations in Open Plan. You can also keep both the Activity Details dialog box and the Activity Progress dialog box open at the same time, updating the information in either dialog box as appropriate.
Progress can also be calculated automatically using the Progress Calculations command accessed from the Processes tab.
It is important to make sure that all progress information up to Time Now has been entered.
Entering Progress in a Barchart View
It is possible to status an activity displayed in a barchart view by manipulating the bar. By dragging the cursor from the start of the bar toward the end of the bar, you can indicate how much of the activity is complete.
For a bar to be eligible for manipulation, the bar type must display early dates and must have the Drag option set to Yes. These settings are defined in the Bar Types dialog box.
New Activities
Before progressing a new activity, you should run time analysis otherwise the resource assignment physical percent complete may not be updated.