Tracking Progress #

Once work begins, update % Complete on each task to track how actual progress compares to the plan. Use Update Project to set progress in bulk. As progress is recorded, Ingantt automatically calculates actuals — actual and remaining values for duration, work, cost, and dates.

% Complete #

Once your project is running, you need to track its progress. If you keep % Complete up to date for each task, you can see the overall % Complete of the project in its root summary task.

Use the % Complete field in the Task Properties dialog to set the % complete of a particular task. Tasks that are 100% complete display a green checkmark icon in the task list.

When you update % Complete:

• Setting it above 0% sets the task's Actual Start to the task's scheduled start date.
• Setting it to 100% sets the task's Actual Finish to the task's scheduled finish date.
• Actual Duration and Remaining Duration are calculated automatically based on the percent complete.
• If Updating task status updates resource status is enabled in the project settings (the default), Actual Work and Remaining Work are also updated proportionally.

A summary task's % Complete is calculated as a duration-weighted average of all its descendant non-summary tasks.

You can also track progress using the Update Project command to set % Complete for multiple tasks at once based on a through-date.

Update Project #

The Update Project command provides bulk progress-tracking operations, accessible from the Project menu.

Update Work as Complete #

Mark tasks as complete through a specified date:

• Proportional (0%–100%) — Calculates percent complete based on how much of each task's working duration falls before the through-date.
• All-or-nothing (0% or 100%) — Sets tasks to either 0% or 100% based on whether they finish by the through-date.

Reschedule Uncompleted Work #

Pushes uncompleted work to start after a specified date:

• Tasks that have not started receive a Start No Earlier Than constraint.
• In-progress tasks are split if Split in-progress tasks is enabled in the project scheduling options.
• Completed tasks are not modified.