Number of Planned Hours per Task

Number of Planned Hours per Task

Number of planned hours per task is a key performance indicator that shows the average time (baseline work) scheduled for each task in a project. This KPI helps to check how successful your project planning is.

A task is usually viewed as the lowest level of the work breakdown structure. If the average esteemed work to complete the task is 40-200 hours, your project plan can be considered successful. Planned hours per task between 20-40 hours or between 200- 500 hours are considered average. Finally, if the project plan contains less than 20 hours or more than 500 hours of esteemed baseline work, it won’t bring successful results.

If you need to count average planned hours per task or average baseline work, you need to do the following:

• Create custom field "Baseline Work":

http://www.taskmanagementsoft.com/products/taskmanagerpro/tutorials/customization-guide/baseline-work.php

• If you need to view the average planned work of tasks per particular project, filter your to-do list by task group with project tasks.



• If you need to estimate the average planned hours for tasks within some period of time, set filter on Task List – Filters panel to display time span



• Set footer to display the average planned hours of tasks for the given time span:
  • right click under column "Baseline Work"
  • select "Average"



If you need to view the average planned hours of tasks on Task Tree, please follow the steps below:

1. On Task Tree select root task group and select "Custom fields options"

2. To enable the displaying of average planned hours per task select custom field "Baseline Work" and  do the following:
   • select Enable
   • check "Aggregated (for task group)
   • select "Average" and the custom field name "Baseline Work"

3. Select task group for which you need to view the average planned hours per task, right click and select "Custom fields options"

4. Select custom field "Baseline Work" and select the option "Enable by parent".

Average planned work of tasks per project on Task Tree