Earned Values caluclated and displayed later than the Status Date

It is my understanding that earned-value calculations only apply upto the
specified Status Date. My problem is that I have earned-values being
calculated and displayed on a tasks (which have %0 completed work) that start
AFTER the Status Date. This eventually causes problems because as work is
actually completed on such tasks the earned-value numbers are incorrect
because they include the values that were prematurely calculated. Has anyone
observed similar behaviour ? Is there some MS-Project setting I'm overlooking
that enforces earned-value calculation being cutoff at the Status Date ?

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Steve
Sun Nov 20 16:50:39 CST 2005

Sounds like you may have some issues with actual versus scheduled dates.
If you enter work progress without also showing the actual dates on which
the work was performed things are going to get mighty confusing.
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Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs


"SinBin" <SinBin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> It is my understanding that earned-value calculations only apply upto the
> specified Status Date. My problem is that I have earned-values being
> calculated and displayed on a tasks (which have %0 completed work) that
> start
> AFTER the Status Date. This eventually causes problems because as work is
> actually completed on such tasks the earned-value numbers are incorrect
> because they include the values that were prematurely calculated. Has
> anyone
> observed similar behaviour ? Is there some MS-Project setting I'm
> overlooking
> that enforces earned-value calculation being cutoff at the Status Date ?
>
> --
> Get Ry Cooder to sing my eulogy.

SinBin
Tue Nov 29 11:59:05 CST 2005

Thanks for the tip Steve....it helped

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"Steve House [Project MVP]" wrote:

> Sounds like you may have some issues with actual versus scheduled dates.
> If you enter work progress without also showing the actual dates on which
> the work was performed things are going to get mighty confusing.
> --
> Steve House [MVP]
> MS Project Trainer & Consultant
> Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs
>
>
> "SinBin" <SinBin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:15A383BB-3D26-488C-8190-9A8A354D8631@microsoft.com...
> >
> > It is my understanding that earned-value calculations only apply upto the
> > specified Status Date. My problem is that I have earned-values being
> > calculated and displayed on a tasks (which have %0 completed work) that
> > start
> > AFTER the Status Date. This eventually causes problems because as work is
> > actually completed on such tasks the earned-value numbers are incorrect
> > because they include the values that were prematurely calculated. Has
> > anyone
> > observed similar behaviour ? Is there some MS-Project setting I'm
> > overlooking
> > that enforces earned-value calculation being cutoff at the Status Date ?
> >
> > --
> > Get Ry Cooder to sing my eulogy.
>
>