The S-curve is a very efficient way of presenting management information for project monitoring. Its graphical representation allows for a clear contrast between deviations from what was planned compared to what was carried out, simultaneously.
It works as follows:
Example of an action plan:
Action 1: 10/03/2022 to 10/14/2022
Action 2: 12/01/2022 to 12/14/2022
This means that the project is scheduled to start in October/2022 and end in December/2022. However, since two points are needed to form a line, the S-curve target line will start one month earlier and end one month later, that is, it will start in September/2022 and end in January/2023. In December/2022, the target line will be 100%, meaning that by the end of that month, the project must already be 100% completed. And in the previous months, there will be values distributed among the months, which are calculated by the system itself.
As for the actual line, in order for it to be formed, it is necessary to enable the % real. field, which is in the side menu > Settings > Actions:
With this field enabled, a % actual must be entered in the action when it is already being executed:
With this, these percentages will generate the actual line of the S Curve with values distributed among the months, which are also calculated by the system:
Note: In Planning and Cancelled actions are not considered in the S-Curve.