How does percent_complete increment on Project form?

[MBarrott]

I want the percent_complete field to increment if ANY closed state is selected. Right now it only increments if the Closed Complete is selected for a respective project task, ignoring Closed Incomplete and Closed Skipped. 

I think it is a business rule but I couldn't see anywhere to adjust the valid state values to accommodate this change. 

[Harsh Vardhan]

@MBarrott  You can check these two business rules 

1. Auto close milestones

2. Set Actual Work Start Value

[Namita Mishra · Accepted solution]

Hi @MBarrott ,

Hope you are doing well.

This functionality of persisting the %complete value when the task / project is marked as Closed skipped / Closed Incomplete was introduced in New York release.

Basically this feature allow the project manager or stakeholders to understand if some of its tasks are finished as closed incomplete / closed skipped just by looking at the %complete of the closed complete project.

This behaviour can be reverted, just by removing the skipped_state value.

I have created a recording to explain:

1) the feature highlights so you can decide whether to revert

2) Step to bring the behaviour back to pre-New York release. This means update the %complete of a task / project as100%  irrespective of the closed state - closed incomplete, closed skipped, and closed complete.

Please mark the answer as correct if it answers your query.

Thank You!

Namita Mishra

[MBarrott]

Hi @Namita Mishra, 

Thank you so much for this in depth video, this addressed my point and provided the exact solution that I needed.

Your video actually provides a sound justification for the skipped states and I have forwarded this reasoning to my management. We will likely hold off on this adjustment and see whether or not our PMO team would like to revert back to pre-New York setup.  

[Namita Mishra]

Thank you @MBarrott for the response.

Exactly that is why I shared the reasoning behind this change which we did in New York release. I am confident that now PMO will take an informed decision as they understand the background.

Thanks for the support & Happy SPM journey !!

Namita Mishra