Graphing a Resource S

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Graphing a Resource S-Curve Graph in

Excel

On 05.30.13, InPremium Tutorials, byKazem Salehiyan

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Tutorial Info

Difficulty: Beginner

Program: Excel

ersion: 2007 or Later

P! Client: Windows Client

Time to Complete: 15-0 min!tes

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Intro"uction

%n m&'re(io!s t!torial in this series)% descri*ed the 'roced!re to ex'ort reso!rce assignmentdata +rom , to Excel. /ost o+ !s ha(e worked with Excel charts in o!r o* or d!ring o!rst!d& in college or !ni(ersit&. What we all know is that the& are reall& hel'+!l when &o! wantto demonstrate some anal&tical in+ormation witho!t technical terms. %n this t!torial) % amgoing to tell &o! how to de(elo' a reso!rce c!r(e *ased on data ex'orted +rom ,.

Step # $ Export P! Resource

%ssignments to Excel
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$ollowing the ste's +rom o!r 're(io!s t!toril) &o! now ha(e all the reso!rces and

assignments in an Excel sheet. o! can modi+& the 'rimar& sheet +or *etter gra'hical +eat!res.

Step & $ 'o( to )se the Data


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#o draw reso!rce c!r(es) what we need is the two highlighted rows which are the c!m!lati(e

total and the incremental total. #he& ha(e the in+ormation needed +or each month. So we !stco'& and 'aste these two rows and the date row to another sheet to ha(e more s'ace doingo!r o*.

Step * $ Copy an" paste the nee"e" "ata in

separate sheet


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Co'& the data to se'arate worksheet. ow we ha(e all the tools to 'aint a 'er+ect 'ict!re o+

o!r 'roect reso!rces. All we need is to !se some +orm!la to calc!late the 'ercentage 'rogress+or each month in o!r ta*le.

Step + $ Calculate the Progress Percentage


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#o calc!late inter(al 'rogress and c!m!lati(e 'rogress) !st di(ide the (al!e +or each month

3man ho!r needed +or each month4 *& the total (al!e 3the s!mmation o+ all man ho!rs4. o!can see the +orm!la in the Excel +ile attached to this t!torial.

Step , $ Graphing the S-Curves


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#o gra'h an& c!r(e we sho!ld go to %nsert Section o+ Excel and then choose a chart t&'e incharts ta*. $or this t!torial '!r'ose well select the ine chart.

Step ! $ Defining the Curve.s Resources

6ight-click on the c!r(es that Excel generated *& de+a!lt) which is not the c!r(e that wewant) and choose Select "ata8.


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6emo(e all the 'rede+ined so!rces and then hit the /%""0*!tton.


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%n this *ox de+ine all the so!rces one *& one. We sho!ld do it times to de+ine all the so!rces

+or o!r +inal c!r(e. % de+ine all the series *elow9

Series ame Series :al!es $orm!la

/onthl& /an ;o!r#he row that shows inter(al man ho!r +or eachmonth

C>9>?>

C!m!lati(e,rogress

#he row that shows c!m. @ 'rog C>9>?>


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#he last so!rce de+inition is +or the dates which res!lt in o!r ? axis. #o do that on the select

so!rce data8 *ox and !nder the ;oriontal Axis la*el8) hit the edit *!tton and &o! will see asimilar dialog!e *ox as the a*o(e dialog!e *oxes9


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Step 3 $ %"4ust the Right-han" ertical

%xis

6ight-click on the right-hand (ertical axis and select $ormat Axis8 in the dialog!e *ox go toAxis o'tions and change the second (al!e +rom the to' o+ +orm to#566.


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ow &o! ha(e an S-c!r(e which still needs some modi+ication9

Step #6 $ The 7inal Touches

%n Excel 2007) when &o! select a chart) a chart tool8 ta* will a''ear on the to' right handside o+ tool*ar. %n that chart &o! can change the color o+ c!r(es) add title to c!r(e) add ta*leto c!r(e. #he +ollowing c!r(e which is the +inal c!r(e is the res!lt o+ doing some exerciseswith those +eat!res9


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