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Track Project Issues and Risks

You can track all issues and risks related to all PRINCE2 projects in the organization from the Issues and Risks Tracker portlet on the Executive Dashboard.

Follow these steps:

  1. Open the PRINCE2TM Management Controls menu, and click Executive Dashboard.

    The issues and risks tracker page appears.

    The following fields are displayed on the page:

    Project

    Displays the name of the project associated with the issue. Click a project name to drill to the project properties page.

    Manager

    Displays the project manager associated with the project.

    PRINCE2 Stage

    Displays the current PRINCE2 stage of the project associated with the issue. The shaded area of the icon indicates the project stage. The color of the shaded area corresponds to the Project Outlook attribute in the latest end stage report.

    Open Issues %

    Displays one of the following stoplights based on the open issues count:

    • Green check mark (with percentage) if total open issues < 20 percent of total resolved and open issues
    • Yellow exclamation mark (with percentage) if total resolved issues > 20 percent and < = 50 percent of total resolved and open issues
    • Red X (with percentage) If total open issues > 50 percent of total resolved and open issues

    Click a stoplight icon to drill to the Risks/Issues/Changes tab for the project.

    Open Risks %

    Displays one of the following stoplights based on the open risks count:

    • Green check mark (with percentage) If total open risks < 20 percent of total resolved and open risks
    • Yellow exclamation mark (with percentage) If total resolved risks > 20 percent and < = 50 percent of total resolved and open risks
    • Red X (with percentage) if total open risks > 50 percent of total resolved + open risks

    Click a stoplight icon to drill to the Risks/Issues/Changes page for the project.

    Resolved Issues %

    Displays one of the following stoplights and percentage values:

    • Green stoplight (with percentage value): If total resolved issues > 50 percent of total resolved and open issues
    • Yellow stoplight (with percentage value): If total resolved issues > 20 percent but < = 50 percent of total resolved and open issues
    • Red stoplight (with percentage value): If total open issues < 20 percent of total resolved and open issues.

    Click a stoplight icon or percentage value to drill to the Risks/Issues/Changes tab for the project.

    Resolved Risks %

    Displays one of the following stoplights and percentage values:

    • Green stoplight (with percentage value): If total resolved risks > 50 percent of total resolved and open issues
    • Yellow stoplight (with percentage value): If total resolved risks > 20 percent but < = 50 percent of total resolved and open issues.
    • Red stoplight (with percentage value): If total open risks < 20 percent of total resolved and open issues.

    Click a stoplight icon or percentage value to drill to the Risks/Issues/Changes tab for the project.

    Report Name

    Displays the report name of the associated end stage report. Click a report name to drill to the most recent end stage report for the project associated with the issue.

    Plan Outlook

    Displays the standard stoplight derived from the Project Outlook attribute of the latest end stage report.

    • Yellow exclamation mark (with mouseover to show the actual value)
    • Green check mark (with mouseover to show the actual value)
    • Red X (with mouseover to show the actual value)

    Click a stoplight icon to drill to the most recent end stage report for the project.