This paper was originally authored by Greg Gendall of Midori Media in May 2003.
It has since been revised and updated by the present author.


This 4th Edition was submitted for publication in January 2019.
It is copyright © Midori Media.
Published here September 2019.  

PART 2 | Worked Example | Generating Percentage S‑curves
Using Task Duration as a Quantity | PART 4

Generating Percentage S-curves

Percentage S-curves may be generated by dividing the Year To Date (YTD) daily totals for each Day for each S‑curve (Baseline, Actual, Target) by either the total Baseline Man Hours (Baseline = 100%) or Target Man Hours (Target = 100%).

Generating Percentage S-curves (Baseline = 100%)

To generate Percentage S-curves with the Baseline = 100%, divide the Year To Date (YTD) daily totals for each S‑curve by the Baseline total Man Hours for each Day of the Project.

  • Baseline YTD % = Baseline YTD Total / Baseline Total Man Hours x 100%
  • Actual YTD % = Actual YTD Total / Baseline Total Man Hours x 100%
  • Target YTD % = Target YTD Total / Baseline Total Man Hours x 100%

The calculations for each S-curve are shown below.

100% Baseline

01‑Feb-2016

02‑Feb-2016

03‑Feb-2016

04‑Feb-2016

05‑Feb-2016

06‑Feb-2016

07‑Feb-2016

Baseline YTD

6.0

20.0

43.0

78.0

90.0

--

--

Baseline YTD %

6.67%

22.22%

47.78%

86.67%

100.00%

--

--


Actual YTD

--

9.0

18.0

38.0

--

--

--

Actual YTD %

--

10.00%

20.00%

42.22%

--

--

--


Target YTD

--

14.5

29.0

48.5

73.0

90.0

95.0

Target YTD %

--

16.11%

32.22%

53.89%

81.11%

100.00%

105.56%

Table 10: Calculation of Percentage S‑curves, Baseline = 100%

The resulting S-curves are shown in Figure 18.

Figure 18: Percentage S-curves (Baseline = 100%)
Figure 18: Percentage S-curves (Baseline = 100%)

Generating Percentage S-curves (Target = 100%)

To generate Percentage S‑curves with the Target = 100%, divide the Year To Date (YTD) daily totals for each S‑curve by the Target total Man Hours for each Day of the Project.

  • Baseline YTD % = Baseline YTD Total / Target Total Man Hours x 100%
  • Actual YTD % = Actual YTD Total / Target Total Man Hours x 100%
  • Target YTD % = Target YTD Total / Target Total Man Hours x 100%

The calculations for each S-curve are shown in Table 11.

100% Target

01‑Feb-2016

02‑Feb-2016

03‑Feb-2016

04‑Feb-2016

05‑Feb-2016

06‑Feb-2016

07‑Feb-2016

Baseline YTD

6.0

20.0

43.0

78.0

90.0

--

--

Baseline YTD %

6.32%

21.05%

45.26%

82.11%

94.74%

--

--


Actual YTD

--

9.0

18.0

38.0

--

--

--

Actual YTD %

--

9.47%

18.95%

40.00%

--

--

--


Target YTD

--

14.5

29.0

48.5

73.0

90.0

95.0

Target YTD %

--

15.26%

30.53%

51.05%

76.84%

94.74%

100.00%

Table 11: Calculation of Percentage S-curves, Target = 100%

The resulting S-curves are shown in Figure 19.

Figure 19: Percentage S-curves (Target = 100%)
Figure 19: Percentage S-curves (Target = 100%)
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