What is the methodology you use to track project progress vs. plan from both a work completed and a financial standpoint?

Things that are important:

• Easy to understand
• Easy to see exactly where in the project cycle we are
• Can be replicated in an Excel spreadsheet
• Lists tasks and sub-tasks
• Shows roughly when a task occurs and how long it takes (accuracy of a week is fine, say Week36 for2 weeks)
• Shows who is working/worked on the task
• Can scroll down through100's of tasks/sub-tasks
• Can easily hide large chunks of time where nothing is being worked on
• Bonus: Can somehow display Completed, In Progress, Upcoming etc