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Track Project Status

You can track general status and other information related to all PRINCE2 projects in the organization from the Project Status portlet on the Executive Dashboard.

Note: A project requires tasks defined as ‘products’ for projects to appear on the portlet.

See the Project Management User Guide for more information.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the PRINCE2^TM Management Controls menu, and click Executive Dashboard.

   The issue tracker page appears.

2. Click the Project Status portlet.

   The project status page appears. The following fields display on the page:

   Project

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

   Project Manager

   Displays the project manager associated with the project.

   Start

   Displays the project start date.

   End

   Displays the project finish date.

   PRINCE2 Stage

   Displays the current PRINCE2 stage for the project. The shaded area indicates the stage the project is in. The color of the shaded area corresponds to the color of the Schedule (Status) stoplight.

   Schedule (Status)

   Displays one of the following stoplights:

   • White stoplight if there is no baseline data.
   • Green stoplight if the baseline finish date is on schedule (no days late)
   • Yellow stoplight if the baseline finish date is <= 10 days late
   • Red stoplight if the baseline finish date is > 10 days late

   You must baseline the project for the stoplight to display a color.

   Products Completed %

   Displays one of the following stoplights based on the percent of products completed:

   • Green stoplight and percentage value if actual products completed is > 80 percent of total products (actual + remaining products).
   • Yellow stoplight and percentage value if actual products completed is > 40 percent but < = 80 percent of total products (actual + remaining products).
   • Red stoplight and percentage value if actual products completed is < 40 percent of total products (actual + remaining products).

   Click a stoplight icon to drill down to the tasks list page.

   Products Remaining

   Displays the count of products (tasks) that remain incomplete. Click a number to drill down to the tasks list page.

More information:

Track a Project Task as a Product