Re: Completion should be effort invested instead of percentage of duration

On Sat, Jan 20, 2007 at 10:23:24AM -0500, Kurt Maute wrote:
> I think we need to answer this question first, or my brain gets all
> twisted around:
> 
> I think you're talking about 'effort spent' - right?  
> Because to me - 'work done' is another way of saying %complete

Well, that's a difficult one to answer. For me it's more or less the
same. 

If everything goes according to plan, then spending 5 hours means
getting 5 hours worth of work done. 

Now if things turn out to be harder than anticipated and working for 5
hours on a 8 hour task gets you half way, then you'd say work done is 4?
When updating the planning you'd have to extend the task's duration to
set a realistic end date. That action would at the same time increase
the 'work' field.  So if work was 8 hours before and is now 10, then
work done should now be 5 (because you're half way done), which is again
equal to effort spent. 

Only if extending the duration would not increase 'work', would I be
willing to make a difference between 'work done' and 'effort spent'.

Note that I'm not saying I'd want it to work like this.

I'll respond to the rest of the mail later. Once I understand your idea
of effort spent and work done.

Regards,
Maurice.

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