Update the Remaining Work on a Task

As you track the progress of an individual task, you may realize that there’s more or less work remaining on a task than Microsoft Project has calculated. That is, you know that the task is going to take more time or less time than planned.

For example, suppose you’ve entered an initial work estimate of 30 hours for a task. After 20 hours of work have been performed on the task, you enter 20 hours of actual work. Microsoft Project calculates the remaining work to be 10 hours.

You realize, however, that the task requires only 5 more hours to be completed, not 10 hours. You change the 10 hours of remaining work to 5 hours, and then Microsoft Project recalculates the total work to be 25 hours (the actual work remains constant).

To update the remaining work on a task

1. On the View Bar, click Gantt Chart .
2. On the View menu, point to Table, and then click Work.
3. Drag the divider bar to the right to view the Remaining field.
4. In the Remaining field of the task you want to update, enter the remaining work value you want.
   Microsoft Project recalculates the total work required to complete the task and displays the new total work value in the Work field.

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