General Portlet

The General portlet displays on on the project dashboard page. Use the General portlet to view basic information about the project.

This portlet includes the following fields:

Project Name

Displays the name for the project.

Project ID

Defines the unique identifier for the project that is typically auto-numbered.

Limits: 20 characters

Required: Yes

Description

Displays the description.

Project Manager

Specifies the name of the resource responsible for managing the investment.

Start Date

Defines the start date that you identify for a project initially. As you create tasks and assignments, this date is auto-calculated to match the first date that a task is scheduled to start. At that point, to edit this date, adjust the following dates:

Start date of the first task of the project.
Start date of the resource assignments and allocations on the project.

Default: Current date

Required: Yes

Finish Date

Defines the finish date that you identify for a project initially. As you create tasks and assignments, this date is auto-calculated to match the last date that a task is scheduled to finish. At that point, to edit this date, adjust the following dates:

End date of the first task of the project.
End date of the resource assignments and allocations on the project.

Default: Current date

Required: Yes

Baseline Finish Date

Displays the baseline finish date.

Status Indicator

Indicates the project status.

Stoplight values:

Green. The project is on track.
Yellow. A minor variance exists in the overall status of the projects.
Red. A significant variance exists in the overall status of the project.