What is Remaining Float?
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Burak EvrenosogluMember for 17 years 10 months
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Hi,
P6 has a new float field called "Remaining Float".
Remaining Float is calculated as the difference between the Late Finish and the Remaining Early Finish. Therefore the Remaining float will be equal to the total float when the activity is unstarted.
If the activity is in progress and user manually changes the Remaining Early Finish and the schedule will show a remaining float different than total float. However the schedule calculation will recalculate the Late Finish. Remaining Float will equal to Total Float once again.
1) Does anyone know what the "remaining float" is used for?
2) Is the "Remaining Float" ever a different value than the total float?
Thanks
Best Regards
Burak
P6 has a new float field called "Remaining Float".
Remaining Float is calculated as the difference between the Late Finish and the Remaining Early Finish. Therefore the Remaining float will be equal to the total float when the activity is unstarted.
If the activity is in progress and user manually changes the Remaining Early Finish and the schedule will show a remaining float different than total float. However the schedule calculation will recalculate the Late Finish. Remaining Float will equal to Total Float once again.
1) Does anyone know what the "remaining float" is used for?
2) Is the "Remaining Float" ever a different value than the total float?
Thanks
Best Regards
Burak
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Oldest first- 0Anoon Iimos ·here are my guesses:
1. Remaining Float = Total Float (for all Baseline / Target Schedules - which are not updated or progressed ever)
2. Total Float(s) changes once the schedule is updated or progressed not exactly as planned. Once activity or task is completed, its total float becomes zero.
3. Therefore, Remaining Float(s) is a variable figure that goes with the updates, and mathematically the same as Total Float(s).
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