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Project Indicators Portlet

The Project Indicators portlet displays key performance indicators (KPIs) for the project. The portlet provides a quick update on KPIs, such as stage, schedule %, days late, projected cost variance %, projected effort variance %, risk, issues and change requests.

The following fields display on this portlet:

Stage

Displays the stage of the project lifecycle as a progress bar. The gray squares indicate completed stages and the current stage is represented as a color, based on the business alignment of the project.

Schedule %

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.

Stoplights:

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

Days Late

Displays the number of days by which a project is late considering the following:

■ Whether or not a baseline exists

■ Project progress

If a baseline exists, then days late is calculated as project finish date minus baseline finish date. A positive number indicates that the project 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 finish date is the same as the baseline finish date, then the project 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 finish date.

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

Projected Cost Variance%

Displays a stoplight indicating the projected cost variance as a percentage of BAC cost.

Source: Schedule & Performance properties page of the project.

Formula: (((ETC Cost + Actual Cost (ACWP)) - BAC Cost) / BAC Cost) * 100

Stoplights:

• Green. The EAC cost is less than or equal to the baseline.
• Yellow. The EAC cost is between one and ten percent over baseline.
• Red. The EAC cost is more than ten percent over baseline.
• White. A baseline does not exist.

Projected Effort Variance %

Displays a stoplight indicating the projected effort variance as a percentage of BAC effort.

Source: Schedule & Performance properties page of the project.

Formula: ((EAC Effort – BAC Effort) / BAC Effort) * 100

Stoplights:

• Green. The EAC effort is less than or equal to the baseline.
• Yellow. The EAC effort is between one and ten percent over the baseline.
• Red. The EAC effort is more than ten percent over the baseline.
• White. No baseline data exists.

Risk

Displays a stoplight based on the project risk score. The project risk score determines the color of the stoplight.

Values:

• Green (0 to 33). The project is low risk.
• Yellow (34 to 68). The project is medium risk.
• Red (68 to 100). The project is high risk.
• White. Risk data is undefined.

Issue

Displays a stoplight based on the highest issue priority of the issues on the project. Issues with a status of “Resolved” or “Closed” are excluded.

Values:

• Green. All issues that exist on the project are low priority.
• Yellow. At least one medium priority issue and no high priority issues exist on the project.
• Red. At least one high priority issue exists on the project.

Change

Displays a checkmark if at least one change request exists on the project. Change requests with a status of “Resolved” or “Closed” are excluded.