The % complete status for tasks is fine for traditional PM understanding, but for my projects the % complete is determined from the reviewed finish date that is updated as project is executed versus the initial estimated finished date planed. For the projects I normally work on this makes more sense than asking a supervisor to estimate a % of completion for which he or she has no idea on how to estimate.If I ask a supervisor when will a particular task be completed, it is easier to get a solid answer than to as what % has been completed.
If a task status is not yet started and it has a planed starting date that is already late, then that task is identified as being late. If a task has started but the projected finish date is later than the planned finish date, then that task would show a % complete based on the already worked days as a % of the new duration based on the projected finish date.
Could something along this idea be included in Zoho Projects?