The symbol for the task should now change to , which means that
the task is complete.
Try this for the "Project Plan" task. Now click on the main
project and look at the details in the item view.
Under duration, it should now say "Duration: 18:00:00 (8:00:00
remaining)". The percentage completion should also
have changed to 55%.
When you close off a task, the system will also recalculate the
plan. Because there is now only 8 hours of work on
this project, the completion time will be much
earlier. Recalculating the plans and comparing the
updated completion date with your milestones is a very good way of
tracking how the project is going. If the project is
expected to complete after the due date, then you have an issue
and may need to bring in more resources (or re-allocate tasks if
the problem lies with one resource). The system will
highlight tasks that look like running over their due date (see Alerts).
JXCirrus Project can also record the actual time spent on tasks.
The time spent can be combined with Baselines
to track budgeted time versus actual.
It is probably worth giving the system a full-on try now. You can
always refer to this manual by pressing the button wherever you are.
A couple of useful links to help you in the manual: