PRINCE2 Project Dashboard

PRINCE2 Project Dashboard

This section contains the following topics:

Access PRINCE2 Project Dashboard

Project Status

Project Report Status

Project by Stages

View PMO Dashboard

Access PRINCE2 Project Dashboard

Use the PRINCE2 Project Dashboard to get project-specific status information including PRINCE2 fields and statuses.

The following portlets display on the PRINCE2 Project Dashboard:

• Project Status. This portlet displays the status of the PRINCE2 project.
• Project Report Status. This portlet displays the review status of all reports submitted for the PRINCE2 project.
• Project by Stages. This portlet display the length of time (measured in days and percentage) for the project at various PRINCE2 stages.
• PMO Dashboard. This portlet displays the PMO Accelerator dashboard (if PMO Accelerator is installed).

Follow these steps:

1. Open a PRINCE2 project.

   The properties page appears.

2. Select PRINCE2™ Project Layout as the page layout.

   For more information, see the Project Management User Guide.

3. Click PRINCE2™ Dashboard.

   The PRINCE2 project dashboard page appears.

Project Status

Use the Project Status portlet to view PRINCE2 metrics and status information for the selected PRINCE2 project.

The following information displays on the portlet:

Stage

Displays the current PRINCE2 project status. The shaded area indicates the PRINCE2 stage that the project is in. The color of the shaded area corresponds to the color of the project schedule stoplight.

Start Date

Displays the date of starting the project.

End Date

Displays the date of completing the project.

Schedule

Displays one of the following stoplights. For the stoplight to display a color, first baseline the project.

• White stoplight if there is no baseline data.
• Green stoplight if the baseline finish date is on schedule (no days late)
• Yellow stoplight if the baseline finish date is <= 10 days late
• Red stoplight if the baseline finish date is > 10 days late

Days Late

The actual days subtracted from the baseline days. If no baseline exists, this field is empty.

Risk

Displays one of the following risk stoplights:

• White stoplight if there is no data
• Green stoplight if all risks are low priority
• Yellow stoplight if at least one risk is medium priority and there are no high priority issues
• Red stoplight if at least one risk is high priority.

Issue

Displays one of the following risk stoplights:

• White stoplight if there is no data
• Green stoplight if all issues are low priority
• Yellow stoplight if at least one issue is medium priority and there are no high priority issues
• Red stoplight if at least one issue is high priority

Change Requests

Displays a check mark if at least one change request is logged against the project.

Project Outlook

Displays the standard stoplight indicating the project outlook. This data is derived from the latest end stage report.

• Green check mark indicates Excellent
• Yellow check mark indicates Fair
• Red X indicates Poor

Project Report Status

Use the Project Report Status portlet to receive a quick status update on the latest reports submitted. The portlet allows you to quickly see the reports pending review for a long time.

The portlet displays the following information:

Latest Reports

Displays the latest submitted report names. Click a report name to drill down to the latest report (properties page) submitted.

Report Type

Displays the submitted report type.

Approval Status

Displays the approval status of the latest submitted report type. The stoplight icon corresponds to the appropriate approval status (Submitted for Review, Reviewed, Approved, and Rejected).

# of Days

Displays stoplight icon and the number of days the report had the latest status.

• Green stoplight. 1 – 5 Days
• Yellow stoplight. 6 – 10 Days
• Red stoplight. > 10 Days

Reviewer(s)

Assuming the report is still under review, the column displays the names of the pending reviewers. When review is completed, the reviewer name disappears from this column. Click an Email icon to send an email from your default email client to the current pending reviewers.

Project by Stages

Use the Project by Stages portlet to quickly see how many days the project is at each PRINCE2 stage in the PRINCE2 process model.

The portlet displays a bar chart with the X-axis representing specific PRINCE2 stages and the Y-axis representing the percentage (total duration of entire project). Each bar represents the number of days the project remained in a stage. The stages and number of days are displayed based on the latest stage. If you change the stage value to a different stage, the bar chart is reset and displays the currently selected stage. The number of days displayed for a stage is cumulative. It includes the days from the prior stage up to the current stage. If you skip a stage, the skipped stage is not displayed in the bar chart.

View PMO Dashboard

If you have the PMO Accelerator installed, you can use the Click here to view PMO Dashboard link that appears in the PMO Dashboard portlet to view the project dashboard page. This page displays the portlets for the PMO project storyboard page layout. The Page Layout field appears on the project properties page. When you click the link, the Project Dashboard opens in a separate browser window.

Note: If the PMO Accelerator is not installed, a message prompts you to contact the system administrator.

Access rights are required to the portlets on the Dashboard for the data to display.

See the PMO Accelerator Product Guide for more information.