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Project Status Portlet

Use the Project Status portlet on the project dashboard page to view metrics and status information for the PMBOK Guide project.

See the Project Management User Guide for more information.

This portlet contains the following columns:

Project Phase

The phase for this project. This metric is used in portfolio management analysis.

Values for Standard Phase Type: Requirements, Design, Build, Test, and Launch

Start

Defines the date of starting the project. The value for the field is based on the Start Date the schedule page of project properties.

End

Defines the date of completing the project. The value for the field is based on the schedule page of project properties page.

Days Late Status

Displays a stoplight to represent the number of days the project is late, which value is based on the Days Late field on the project dashboard page.

Stoplight:

• Grey. The project schedule data is undefined.
• Green. The project is on schedule.
• Yellow. The project is late by <= 2 Days.
• Red. The project is late by > 2 Days.

Days Late

Displays the number of days the project or the key task is late, based on the following formula:

Days Late = Current Due Date - Baseline Due Date

Risk Status

Displays a stoplight to represent the project status level with risks. The value for the field is based on the highest probability of open risks entered on the risks page.

Stoplights:

• Grey. The project has no risk data.
• Green. All of the project risks are of low priority.
• Yellow. The project has at least one risk of medium priority and no high priority risks.
• Red. The project has at least one risk of high priority.

Issue Status

Displays the project status level with issues in the form of a stoplight to represent the status. The value for this field is based on the Status field on the issue properties page.

Default: Open

Stoplights:

• Grey. The project has no issue data.
• Green. All of the project issues are of low priority.
• Yellow. At least one of the project issues is of medium priority and no high priority issues exist for the project.
• Red. At least one of the project issues is of high priority.

Change Requests Status

Displays a check mark if at least one change request is logged for the project. You can mouse over the check mark to display the number of change requests created in the rollover text.

Project Outlook

Specifies the status of the project outlook. The field displays a check mark on the project report properties page. The status displays as a stoplight in portlets.

Values:

• Excellent. The overall project outlook is excellent.
• Good. The overall project outlook is good.
• Fair. The overall project outlook is fair.
• Poor. The overall project outlook is poor.

Stoplights:

• Green. The overall project outlook is good or excellent.
• Yellow. The overall project outlook is fair.
• Red. The overall project outlook is poor.