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Cost and Effort Dashboard Portlet

The Cost and Effort Dashboard displays project cost and effort performance amounts and variances. You can filter the results by the projects you manage or list all projects you have access to, including subprojects. Subprojects are always included under their master projects. There is an Include Programs filter option that allows you to include programs in the portlet. By default, this filter option is set to Yes, which means programs are displayed in the portlet list.

Milestones do not have hours or cost so there are no values for milestones in this portlet.

The following fields display on the portlet:

Project/WBS

Displays the name of the project or WBS. Click a Project/WBS link to open the properties page of the project or WBS element.

Subprojects Icon

Displays an icon that indicates the project is a subproject. The column heading is not displayed for this column to minimize the width.

BAC Cost

Displays the system-calculated value of baseline at completion, which is the baseline cost at the time of the current baseline revision.

Sources:

• Schedule & Performance properties page of the project.
• Performance properties page of the task.

Actual Cost (ACWP)

Displays the system-calculated value of actual cost of work performed (ACWP), which is the total direct cost incurred in performing work based on posted actuals.

Sources:

• Schedule & Performance properties page of the project.
• Performance properties page of the task.

EAC Cost

Displays the system-calculated value of estimate at completion, which is the total cost of actual work completed to date and the predicted cost of finishing the remaining work.

Sources:

• Schedule & Performance properties page of the project.
• Performance properties page of the task.

Projected Cost Variance

Displays the variance between the estimated plus actual cost and the baseline cost.

Source: Schedule & Performance properties page of the project.

Formula: ((ETC Cost + Actual Cost (ACWP)) - BAC Cost)

Projected Cost Variance %

Displays a stoplight indicating the projected cost variance as a percentage of BAC cost.

Source: Schedule & Performance properties page of the project.

Formula: (((ETC Cost + Actual Cost (ACWP)) - BAC Cost) / BAC Cost) * 100

Stoplights:

• Green. The EAC cost is less than or equal to the baseline.
• Yellow. The EAC cost is between one and ten percent over baseline.
• Red. The EAC cost is more than ten percent over baseline.
• White. No baseline data exists

BAC

Displays the system-calculated value of the baseline effort (actuals plus remaining ETC) at the time of the current baseline revision.

Sources:

• Schedule & Performance properties page of the project.
• Performance properties page of the task

Actuals

Displays the system-calculated value of the actual effort posted for the task in the project.

Sources:

• Schedule & Performance properties page of the project
• Performance properties page of the task

EAC

Displays the system-calculated value of the estimated effort at completion (actuals plus remaining ETC) of the project.

Sources:

• Schedule & Performance properties page of the project
• Performance properties page of the task

Projected Effort Variance

Displays the variance between EAC effort and baseline effort.

Source: Schedule & Performance properties page of the project.

Formula: (EAC Effort – BAC Effort)

Projected Effort Variance %

Displays a stoplight indicating the projected effort variance as a percentage of BAC effort.

Source: Schedule & Performance properties page of the project.

Formula: ((EAC Effort – BAC Effort) / BAC Effort) * 100

Stoplights:

• Green. The EAC effort is less than or equal to the baseline.
• Yellow. The EAC effort is between one and ten percent over the baseline.
• Red. The EAC effort is more than ten percent over the baseline.
• White. No baseline data exists.

In addition, the following fields are available for you to add through the configure option:

ETC

Displays the system-calculated value of the estimated effort to complete the project or task.

Sources:

• Schedule & Performance properties page of the project.
• Performance properties page of the task.

ETC Cost

Displays the system-calculated value of estimate to complete, which is the predicted cost of finishing the remaining work.

Sources:

• Schedule & Performance properties page of the project.
• Performance properties page of the task.

Finish

Displays the finish date of the project or task.

Project/Task ID

Displays the project or task ID, which is the identifier of the project or task.

Project Manager

Displays the project manager of the project or subproject.

Project Progress or Task Status

Displays the project progress or task status.

Values: Not Started, Started, and Completed.

Start

Displays the start date of the project or task.

Work Status

Displays the work status of the project. The work status field includes the following values: requested, active, on hold, canceled, or complete. This field is configured to display on the Project and Program Summary properties.