PPC Macro Available for MS Project

by Hal on July 14, 2004

in project planning, tools

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Kudos to Brian Michael Kennemer!! He just published in Projectified an add-in macro for MS Project that calculates Percent of Plan (Promises) Complete (PPC). This is the key measure of planning reliability. Projects done on a lean basis have PPCs that are above 85%. Usual projects are under 50%. Due to the phenomenon of dependence and variation low PPC leads to projects that are late and over budget.

Get Brian's PPC Macro. It's a quick add-in to your MS Project schedules. Now the important question? How do you improve PPC? Start by reviewing these three Project e-Tips:

Then put a process in place for making work ready. That process must address and resolve the constraints that keep people from completing a task. Adopt a process that allows people to only start work that is in a condition to be finished. Finally, get project performers to promise completion.

You now know have a measurement tool and a practice for improving planning reliability. Get on with it!

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1 Hal July 14, 2004 at 11:48 am

My apologies to Brian. In my excitement and haste to publish before midnight (which didn’t happen due to Blogger being down for service) I got his name wrong. Brian Kennemer is a gem. If you are a user of MS Project, then you owe it to yourself to read his blog. :+::+:

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