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Project Tasks and its multiple status 101

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Cesar Fiestas Technical Project Leader| Intuitive Projects Newport Beach, Ca, United States
Hello Experts!

I hope everyone is doing ok...wanted to pick your brain a bit so here we go.

Typically tasks have 3 statuses and are the following
Not Started
In Progress
Completed

But based on your experience will these 3 statuses will be sufficient for totays projects?

Or What about adding an extra task statuses such

In test or
Aborted

Suggestions? Comments?
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Drew Craig Sr. Agile & Product Coach| Vanguard Philadelphia, Pa, United States
Keep it simple. Define with criteria. For example, for % complete on tasks, some simply will use 25, 50, 75, 100%.
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Joseph Bennett Muskego, Wi, United States
Nov 09, 2018 10:22 AM
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I struggle with this approach a bit. Here's why. In my experience status is just that and is temporary, a moment in time that should be reflected on a dashboard. Where are we today? In measuring the human resource, this is a metric that should be measured outside of a status. There are numerous ways to measure quality and rework and within these activities there are specific status that provide information back to stake holders and end users. However consistent metrics reported back to the business reveal pain points that need to be addressed and improved upon, the whole reason one has metrics and it also if things are going well, drives a message to the business of the value of IT.
I don't disagree with your assessment of resource profiling.But that's not the original point is it? Your point was to measure via status. I am hard pressed to agree that you will see the issue with a status of in test that someone is a bad fit for a task because they took longer than base-lined irrespective of where they are. I disagree that status is where that is measured. This is derived from actual vs baseline not in status.

Just my two cents as well.
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1 reply by Cesar Fiestas
Nov 12, 2018 5:37 AM
Cesar Fiestas
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Joseph,

Based on your expeience then how would you measure a human resource based on a project? or I guess what factors would you use from a project to profile a resource?
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Cesar Fiestas Technical Project Leader| Intuitive Projects Newport Beach, Ca, United States
Nov 10, 2018 10:43 AM
Replying to Joseph Bennett
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I don't disagree with your assessment of resource profiling.But that's not the original point is it? Your point was to measure via status. I am hard pressed to agree that you will see the issue with a status of in test that someone is a bad fit for a task because they took longer than base-lined irrespective of where they are. I disagree that status is where that is measured. This is derived from actual vs baseline not in status.

Just my two cents as well.
Joseph,

Based on your expeience then how would you measure a human resource based on a project? or I guess what factors would you use from a project to profile a resource?
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Robert Neil Wood North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Start simple. Add more if you find you need them later. Also depends on what your task is (or tasks are). For example, some statuses can be tasks, depending upon how you break down your work.
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