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Milestones Portlet

The Milestones portlet provides a list of project milestones and schedule indicators within the days outlook.

The portlet includes the following fields:

Properties icon

Displays an icon that links to the properties page of the project.

Project

Displays the name of the project. Click a project name link to go to the project dashboard.

Milestone

Displays the milestone name. Click the name of the milestone to go to the task properties page.

Finish

Displays the finish date for the milestone to be complete.

Schedule %

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 milestone has a parent task in the WBS, then the parent task timeframe is used in the calculation. If the milestone 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 milestone status and baseline (if a baseline exists). The color of the stoplight indicates if the milestone is on schedule or late.

Stoplights:

• Green. The milestone is ahead of schedule or on schedule.
• Yellow. The milestone is between one and ten percent late.
• Red. The milestone 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
• Milestone status

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

If a baseline exists and the milestone finish date is the same as the baseline finish date, then the milestone 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 milestone finish date.

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

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

See the Personalizing CA Clarity PPM User Guide for more information.

Start

Displays the milestone start date.

Baseline Start

Displays the milestone baseline start date.

Baseline Finish

Displays the milestone baseline finish date.

Days Late %

Displays days late as a percentage of the summary task or project timeframe, which is finish date minus start date. If the milestone has a parent task in the WBS, then the parent task timeframe is used in the calculation. If the milestone 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 milestone status and baseline (if one exists).

Schedule

Displays a stoplight indicating the number of days a milestone is late, considering the milestone status and whether or not a baseline exists for the milestone. The color of the stoplight indicates if the milestone is on schedule or late.

Stoplights:

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