We constantly continue improving PPM Express and this October we have added Warnings for portfolios and projects to notify users about data inconsistency in portfolios and projects, if any.
1) Project Warnings
Warnings for Projects will appear if there is data inconsistency as for:
- Projects Statuses (for example, if Project Cost status is set to ‘At Risk’ and Overall status is set to ‘On Track’, the following warning will appear: Project Cost Status is At Risk. Please consider changing Overall Status).
- Projects Progress (for example, if Project has more than 0% Complete and Project Progress is set to ‘Not started’, the following warning will appear: The Project has more than 0% Completed. Please consider changing Project Progress.
- Project Key dates (for example, if at least one Key date is more than 3 days late and Overall Project Status is set to ‘On track’/’At risk’, the following warning will appear: At least one Project Key Date is more than 3 days late. Please Consider changing Overall Project Status to Critical).
2) Portfolio Warnings
Warnings for Portfolios will appear if there is data inconsistency as for:
- Portfolios Statuses (for example, if Portfolio Schedule Status is set to ‘At risk’ and Portfolio Overall status is set to ‘On track’, the following warning will appear: Portfolio Schedule Status is At Risk. Please consider changing Overall Status).
- Portfolio Progress (for example, if there are Projects within a Portfolio with 0% Complete and Portfolio stage is set to ‘Closed’, the following warning will appear: There are Projects that are not completed within current Portfolio. Please consider changing Portfolio stage.
- Portfolio Key dates (for example, if there are Projects with late key dates within a Portfolio and Portfolio Overall status is set to ‘On Track’, the following warning will appear: At least one Project has late Key Dates. Please consider changing Portfolio Overall Status).
Our roadmap includes more types of warnings to add to highlight other PPM Express entities and add the possibility to turn the warning on/off, if required.
We have also added new Project stages: ‘Canceled’ and ‘Suspended’ and new Portfolio and Project field ‘Benefit’.
PPM EXPRESS UPDATES DIGEST: WHAT’S NEW IN OCTOBER 2020?