![]() You can see what the Defence Contract Management Agency has to say about discrete tasks versus Level of Effort tasks and how they relate to earned value.Īs one Linkedin member recently commented “…if I cannot see it, touch it, bump my hard hat on it or fall into it….it gives you NO progress.“ And Level of Effort activities, in describing supportive-type work, fall into that bucket. How much project management did you do? VS. How many lamp posts did you install? In Earned Value Management, any supportive-type Level of Effort tasks are called “non-discrete” – which means that measurement of these tasks is harder than say measuring a task to install 12 lamp-posts. These activities don’t “earn” us much from an earned value perspective. ![]() These are still important tasks, even critical to the project, but are defined as supportive.Įxamples of Level of Effort activities include: This is work that does not contribute directly to the deliverables or outcome of the project, but supports their progress. You might already know that Level of Effort activities are designed to represent support work on a project. Let’s dive into some specifics about Level of Effort activities in general because they are not specific to Oracle Primavera P6 but are common tasks in project management. Primavera P6 will calculate the duration of a Level of Effort Activity based on dates from its predecessor(s) and successor(s). It is important to use the correct Percent Complete Method when using the project schedule as the basis of cost claims to avoid delays in progressing a cost claim.A “Level of Effort” Activity in Primavera P6 is a special activity type with unique qualities for duration. ![]() This should be used when progress is measured by discrete delivery items or a direct material take off is applied to a task. Units % Complete - used when inputting actual units at the resource level. This value is entered manually by the user. Physical % Complete - best used to represent the amount of scope physically achieved. This option is best applied to "level of effort (Loe) type tasks. It is this setting that enables Primavera to calculate Activity % Complete based on one of 3 methods:ĭuration % Complete - calculates progress from planned and remaining duration values. In P6, a user stipulates an activity's "% complete type". ![]() The guys over at Ten Six put this article together that explains the calculation. Most novice users of Primavera P6 do not understand how Activity % Complete is calculated and more often than not, incorrectly calculate their cost claims on the basis of duration achieved. Today I received yet another progress claim to review, where the planner has incorrectly used the Activity % Complete field as part of the claim. ![]()
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