Task Progress Weights

Hi all,

Is it possible to have a task within a project to carry a weight for the progress bar?

Example Project : Harry Potter

Task 1 : Open book

Task 2 : Read Book

Task 3 : Close book

Now in this scenario reading the book is worth 90% of the "project" it is in but opening and closing the book are 5% each but in Wrike it will give each of them 33% which isn't a true indication of my progress in the project?

Sorry for the dumb example...

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Elizaveta Bogdanova

I love your example @Blaith Cooper 😍

I've recently tested a similar scenario, and I think that if you add some additional subtasks to a task that is the most difficult/time & resource - consuming, it will be reflected in project progress. Would you be able to try this?

David Simmington

I've also had this thought, @Blaith Cooper! My leadership likes to view the progress bars on the project level, but they aren't always a fair representation of project progress.

I've done just as @Elizaveta Bogdanova recommended above. In your fun example, you could add tasks like this:

Task 1: Open Book
Task 2: Read chapter 1
Task 3: Read chapter 2
Task 4: Read chapter 3
Task 5: Close book

This adds more 'weight' the the reading portion of the project for a more accurate progress bar. Make sense?

Blaith Cooper

Thanks for the reply @Elizaveta Bogdanova & @David Simmington!

This example could very well be incorporated into my task, breaking it up a lot more than just the one line item!

I will give it a try!

Elizaveta Bogdanova

Let us know if it works for you @Blaith Cooper 🙂

Blaith Cooper

It Worked! Just breaking my task down a tad helped, they are mindless actions but they serve their purpose, Thanks @Elizaveta Bogdanova!

Elizaveta Bogdanova

I'm glad to hear that @Blaith Cooper, thanks for letting me know!

Cees Bakker

@Elizaveta Bogdanova you do mean a progress indicator for tasks in this example right? I am looking for a progress indicator per task - that will be an indicator for many subtask. like it is working for projects. Is this possible?

Elizaveta Bogdanova

Hey @Cees Bakker, I meant project progress overall and how it can be impacted by adding tasks and subtasks. Task progress isn't currently available.

Liz Martinez

How can we make task progress a feature that is prioritized by Wrike? This should be available in 2 ways: by actual hours vs effort OR by % reported completion on a duration-based task.

@Elizaveta Bogdanova can you help get this feature prioritized?

Basudha Sakshyarika

Hi @Liz Martinez, welcome to the Community! 😊

Thank you for the feedback! There aren’t any updates to share right now, but I’ll make sure to pass your feedback on to the team. If anything changes in the future, we’ll let you know! 👍