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Project Analysis Portlet

The Project Analysis portlet provides program managers with a view into the projects and tasks that are part of the program. Use this portlet to analyze the schedule of ongoing projects in the program.

You can configure this portlet to display on a program dashboard. This portlet does not display any data if it is placed on a page that is not a dashboard tab on the program object.

The following fields display on this portlet:

Project/Task

Displays the project name with the associated tasks under it. Click the project name to view all tasks for a project. Click a project name to view the project properties or a task name to view the task properties.

Team Icon

Displays an icon that links to the project team staff page.

Project Manager

Displays the project manager name.

Stage

Displays the stage in the lifecycle of the project.

Start Date

Displays the start date of the project or task.

Finish Date

Displays the finish date of the project or task.

Overall Status

Displays a stoplight indicating the overall status of each project based on its latest status report, based on report date.

Stoplights:

• Green. The project status is on track.
• Yellow. There is a minor variance in the project status.
• Red. There is a significant variance in the project status.
• White. The project status is undefined.

Schedule %

Displays the following:

• Project Calculation. Displays a stoplight indicating days late as a percentage of the project timeframe, which is finish date minus start date. The calculation takes into account the project progress and baseline (if one exists). The color of the stoplight indicates if the project is on schedule or late.
• Task Calculation. Displays a stoplight indicating days late as a percentage of the summary task or project timeframe, which is finish date minus start date. If the task has a parent task in the WBS, then the parent task’s timeframe is used in the calculation. If the task is at the top level of the WBS and does not have a parent task, then the project’s timeframe is used in the calculation.

  The calculation takes into account the task status and baseline (if one exists). The color of the stoplight indicates if the task is on schedule or late.

Stoplights:

• Green. The project or task is ahead of schedule or on schedule.
• Yellow. The project or task is between one and ten percent late.
• Red. The project or task is more than ten percent late.
• White. The schedule percentage is undefined.

Days Late

Displays the number of days late considering the following:

• Whether or not a baseline exists
• Project progress or task status

If a baseline exists, then days late is calculated as project or task finish date minus baseline finish date. A positive number indicates that the project or task is late according to the baseline. A negative number indicates that it is early according to the baseline.

If a baseline exists and the project or task finish date is the same as the baseline finish date, then the project or task is considered late if it is not completed and it was due before today’s date. In this case, days late is calculated as today’s date minus project or task finish date.

If there is no baseline, then days late is calculated if the project or task is not completed and it was due before today’s date. In this case, days late is calculated as today’s date minus project or task finish date.

Gantt Schedule

Displays a Gantt chart that shows the start and finish dates of the projects and tasks. The color of the Gantt bars is based on the schedule percentage as follows:

• Green. The project or task is ahead of schedule or on schedule.
• Yellow. The project or task is between one and ten percent late.
• Red. The project or task is more than ten percent late.
• White. The schedule percentage is undefined.

The following fields are available for this portlet and you can add them through the configure option:

See the Personalizing CA Clarity User Guide for more information.

Baseline Start

Displays the baseline start date of the project or task.

Baseline Finish

Displays the baseline finish date of the project or task.

Business Alignment

Displays how well the project aligns to the organization business goal. The higher the business alignment value is, the stronger the alignment.

Stoplights:

• Green (68 through 100). The project has good alignment with the business.
• Yellow (34 through 67). The project has average alignment with the business.
• Red (0 through 33). The project has poor alignment with the business.
• White. The alignment data is undefined.

Status Indicator

Displays a stoplight that shows the status of each project based on its status indicator.

Source: Schedule & Performance project properties page.

Stoplights:

• Green. The project is on track.
• Yellow. The project is at risk.
• Red. The project is critical.
• White. The project status indicator is undefined.

Days Late %

• Project Calculation. Displays days late as a percentage of the project timeframe, which is finish date minus start date. The calculation takes into account the project progress and baseline (if a baseline exists).
• Task Calculation. Displays days late as a percentage of the summary task or project timeframe, which is finish date minus start date. If the task has a parent task in the WBS, then the parent task timeframe is used in the calculation. If the task is at the top level of the WBS and does not have a parent task, then the project timeframe is used in the calculation.

  The calculation takes into account the task status and baseline (if a baseline exists).

Schedule

Displays a stoplight indicating the number of days a project or task is late, considering the following:

• Project progress or task status
• Whether or not a baseline exists for the project or task.

The color of the stoplight indicates if the project or task is on schedule or late.

Stoplights:

• Green. The project or task is ahead of schedule or on schedule.
• Yellow. The project or task is between one and ten days late.
• Red. The project or task is more than ten days late.
• White. The schedule is undefined.