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Project Dashboard Summary

How to manage the Project Dashboard

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Written by James Gold
Updated over a month ago

Project Details

  • Select the Blue pen icon to edit the details

  • Most details should not / cannot be changed during the project

  • Change the Project title and/or description if required

  • Change the Project Manager if required

  • Add Keywords so that the Project can be better identified when searching on the index page

  • Change the start date to change the start date of the project

    • Changing the start date will change all WP dates by the same amount


Project Status

  • There are 4 status for a Project:

    • Active - The project is ongoing and Resources can be recorded, approved and invoiced.

    • Complete - The Project is complete but still has work lying in WIP to be invoiced, you cannot track additional Team and Asset resources (outstanding can be approved).

    • Cancelled - The Project has been stopped you can no longer track resources except expenses but you can still invoice work lying in WIP.

    • Closed Out - The Project has completely finished and you can no longer Invoice.


Dashboard widgets

  • Project Progress: This is the total physical/actual progress (in %) of the project. It can be updated manually for each WP within the ‘Work Breakdown’ > Progress tab.

  • Budget Progress: This is the actual vs planned cost for the project.

  • Budget: This is the total planned price/revenue of the project. It will be updated along with approved variations.

  • Project Status: This is the current status of the project (Actual Progress) vs the planned status (Planned Progress).

  • Budget Chart: The budget graph changes depending on the project Billing Type.

    For Reimbursable billing type, the graph will be tracking price/revenue. For Fixed price billing type, the graph will be tracking cost.

  • Forecast: This shows the invoice forecast across the project timeline. To update the planned line for this graph, select Finance > Payment Schedule then complete the invoice amounts for each month or add payment milestones.

  • Project Progress Chart: This displays the planned, actual and forecast progress (%).

  • Hours: These are the tracked hours of the project, divided by status.

  • Margin: This shows the estimated/planned margin against the current/actual margin.

  • Deliverables: This is a summary of all deliverables and their current progress. Deliverables are updated manually and can be done so by moving the slider for % completion within the ‘Work Breakdown’ > Deliverables tab.


Rate Review

  • The Rate review allows you to change/update the contract during an ongoing Project. You can only access rate review if you have activated the feature Project resource builder. Consult a member of the team for more details.

  • Select Rate Review

  • Select the new contract

    • You can only change to a contract with the same currency as the original

  • Select a date for timesheets backfill

    • This will change the charge rate of the past time booked to the new contract from the date that is selected.

  • Select submit once the date has been selected


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