Defining Percent Complete Calculations

At the project and phase levels, Moovila calculates the percent complete based upon work done on tasks to-date. Because every business has its own processes and ways of looking at this number, Moovila offers a variety of ways that percent complete may be calculated. Additionally, the percent complete may be established as a default at the enterprise level, or also adjusted on a project-by-project basis. Here's a look at the options and how to change them, if needed.

The options for percent complete calculations are as follows:

• Weighted Percent Complete:  ​Instead of averaging task percentages equally, this method weights each task by its estimated effort (hours). The result is a more accurate view of overall progress in which large, high-effort tasks contribute proportionally more than small tasks​. This can be selected at the project level and set as an enterprise default value for new projects. This is calculated by taking the Sum of Work Complete (based on Work Estimate and % complete on the task) / Total Work Estimate. Example: Work Complete (22) / Total Work Estimate (122) = 18% Complete​​.
• Logged Billable TIme / Total Work Estimate (Budget): Total billable hours divided by total work estimate.
• Closed Task Work Estimate / Total Work Estimate (Budget): Closed tickets work estimate divided by total work estimate.
• Closed Tasks / All Tasks: Closed Tickets divided by total tasks (This was Moovila's original method for calculating percent complete and will be the default for this setting).
• Average Percent Complete: Sum of percent complete divided by the total count of tasks.

Defining Percent Complete settings can be done at both the enterprise and project levels. To modify the default for the way that percent complete is calculated at the enterprise level (again, by default it will be set to Closed Tasks / All Tasks for all enterprises):

1. In the left navigation, click on the More Options icon.
   
   
   
2. The More Options menu opens. Click on the Enterprise Settings option.
   
   
   
3. Click on the Project % Complete Method dropdown menu.
   
   
   
4. Select the option that you wish to apply as your enterprise default.
   
   
   
5. Click Save in the lower right corner of the Enterprise Settings dialogue to apply updates.

At the project level, users are able to configure a specific percent complete calculation that varies from the enterprise standard. To adjust the way that percent complete is calculated at the project level you'll take the following steps.

1. Open the project whose percent complete calculation you wish to alter and click on the project's name or the Information icon next to it.
   
   
   
2. The Edit Project dialogue opens. Click on the Financial tab.
   
   
   
3. Click to open the Project % Complete Method dropdown. Select the option you wish to apply as the calculation method for this project from the dropdown and click Save to apply changes.