Task completed percentage
It would be nice to be able to set the percentage of completeness of a task list.
At the moment we do this by putting a percentage in the Task List name:
* [ 10% ] Task list1
* [ ### ] Task list2 (not started)
* [ 100%] Task list3
Is works ok, but because of the font it doesn't always line up.
We would be very happy with a simple box to put the percentage in for a task list and have it displayed in the milestones list and task list next to the task list title.
I think to have the percentage calculated from the tasks is a lot more work, because not every task is the same size and then a weight has to be assigned to each task. So having the developer set the percentage by hand when they updated the tasks would be great :)
What might be interesting is to calculate the precentage of completeness of the milestone?
Thanks,
/James
Having different colours for the different level of completeness would be great too:
Red - not started
orange - work in progress
Green - complete
Maybe just colour coding the percentage, instead of the whole title.
Having a very simple status (with colouring) would be also great for tasks (not assigned, assigned but not started, started, complete).
Any comments?
Hi,
This concept is used within Manti (bug tracker), but there it seems a christmas tree. If we choose this option, the colors must be very well taken.
The colours option just gives a quick visual way to see what stage a task list is at, but other options exist.
I already suggested %
[ 0% ] Task List B[ 10% ] Task list C
[ 20% ] Task List A
[ 66% ] Task List E
[100% ] Task List D
This could be combined with colour, but I would only colour the [ xx% ] part and not the whole title.
Another option could be a bar:
[ ] Task List B[# ] Task list C
[## ] Task List A
[### ] Task List E
[#####] Task List D
again this bar could be coloured to give extra visability.
I really would like to have a way to see how far along a task list is (and in turn the whole milestone). Rather then an automated system where the value comes from completed task / total number of tasks (which will have problems if task are different sizes). I think a simple box were a value can be updated will work.
I'm not too worried if in it a number between 0-100 or 0-10 or even 0-5. I would just like some way to track how things are going.
Colour coding is difficult as
1) the colours are often difficult to distinguish on poor quality screens
2) between 10% & 20% of the population are, to some extent, colour blind.
Percentage complete is an interesting concept but in practice is meaningless. Speaking as a practised project manger, there's only one thing which is real, and that's completed (or not).
The only way of getting a progress for a task is to have it broken down into sub-tasks and have each one marked as complete or not.
If you need an indication of progress, the best (most accurate in practise) is the combination of estimated effort to complete and estimated delay until complete (to allow for waiting for external input). That would only become useful combined with the ability to enter estimated effort and time (or wait time) against tasks.
David