In the portfolio view, the progress % is based off of task completion. We are finding this to be pretty inaccurate considering 1 task might take 30 minutes and another might take 20 hours. We can’t base the project progress % upon effort (hours), so was wondering if anybody else has come across this with your organization and has found a good solution/Best Practice that doesn’t require too much manual input. We have tossed around maybe implementing a milestone program to document the progress % complete - but that’s a pretty manual process. If only we could have the option to do “this project will take 200 hours in total and the progress % would accurately update every time a task w/hours filled in was marked as completed” .
This is a very valid request and one that we have been asking for for a while.
Currently, there is a workaround, while it is a bit manual, will def do the intended outcome and will be a better reflection for what you are after.
I have a custom field on my projects called Hours, it is a numeric field. Assignees are asked to fill it in when working on a task. In the end, you can report on the total number off hours from that custom field.
