Ten Six Consulting Presents...Ten Six Consulting Presents Primavera P6 Portlet Index A Reference Guide to the P6 Dashboard Portlets

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Primavera P6 Portlet Index

A Reference Guide to the P6 Dashboard Portlets


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Contents 1.1 Available Portlets .......................................................................................................................... 3

1.1.1 Schedule Performance Portlet .............................................................................................. 3

1.1.2 Earned Value Performance Portlet ....................................................................................... 3

1.1.3 Index Performance Portlet .................................................................................................... 4

1.1.4 Project Statistics Portlet ........................................................................................................ 4

1.1.5 Project Health Portlet ........................................................................................................... 5

1.1.6 Project Notebooks Portlet .................................................................................................... 6

1.1.7 Project Gantt Chart Portlet ................................................................................................... 6

1.1.8 Resource Team Summary Portlet ......................................................................................... 7

1.1.9 Open Requests for Resources Portlet ................................................................................... 8

1.1.10 Resource Analysis Chart Portlet .......................................................................................... 10

1.1.11 My Projects Portlet ............................................................................................................. 11

1.1.12 My Activities Portlet ............................................................................................................ 12

1.1.13 My Risks Portlet .................................................................................................................. 14

1.1.14 My Issues Portlet ................................................................................................................. 16

1.1.15 Communication Center Portlet ........................................................................................... 19

1.1.16 My calendar ........................................................................................................................ 21

1.1.17 Portfolio Views Portlets ...................................................................................................... 23



1.1 Available Portlets

1.1.1 Schedule Performance Portlet

This portlet provides a shorthand project level view that shows symbols for To Date and Forecast at

Completion summary metrics indicating a project’s status based upon threshold values.

1.1.1.1 Customization Settings for the Schedule Performance Portlet

1.1.2 Earned Value Performance Portlet

This portlet provides a shorthand project level view that shows symbols for To Date and Forecast at

Completion summary metrics for Schedule and Labor Units indicating the earned value status of the

projects.



1.1.2.1 Customization Settings for the Earned Value Performance Portlet

1.1.3 Index Performance Portlet

This portlet provides a project level summary view of the Schedule Performance Index (SPI), Cost

Performance Index (CPI) and To Complete Performance Index (TCPI).

1.1.3.1 Customization Settings for the Index Performance Portlet

1.1.4 Project Statistics Portlet

This portlet provides a customizable set of data columns that can be used to show project level data of

your choosing in the table area.



1.1.4.1 Customization Settings for the Project Statistics Portlet

1.1.5 Project Health Portlet

This portlet provides a pre-compiled narrative of the project’s health based upon various indicators in

the project’s current progress to date, actual units and other factors.

1.1.5.1 Customization Settings for the Project Health Portlet

Select only, no sub-options for Project Health portlet.



1.1.6 Project Notebooks Portlet

This portlet offers Notebook Topics grouped by project. Click on the twisty buttons to see the expanded

text within the Notebook topic.

1.1.6.1 Customization Settings for the Project Notebook Portlet

Select only, no sub-options for Project Notebook portlet.

1.1.7 Project Gantt Chart Portlet

This portlet provides a view of the portfolio projects in the form of a simple Gantt chart. It includes a

tool bar allowing you to open a selected project, filter the project list, modify the columns displayed,

modify the time scale and print.

Projects can be expanded using the + button in the ID column to reveal project milestones.



1.1.7.1 Customization Settings for the Project Gantt Chart Portlet

Select only, no sub-options for Project Gantt Chart portlet.

1.1.8 Resource Team Summary Portlet

This portlet provides a list of the people in the selected resource team. It also lists their role and the

number of projects to which they are assigned. You can click on the resource’s name to switch to a

Usage view and see a histogram or spreadsheet of utilization.

1.1.8.1 Customization Settings for the Resource Team Summary Portlet

Select only, no sub-options for Resource Team Summary portlet.

The resources being displayed in this portlet are controlled by the selected Resource Team. To select

the team you wish to view, click on the ‘Select a resource team:’ field’s select button.



1.1.9 Open Requests for Resources Portlet

This portlet provides a list of open requests for resources (generated by role assignments made within

projects) that allows a functional manager to replace the request with an appropriately skilled person.



Clicking on a name in the list will take you to the Resource Staffing page where a resource assignment

can be made.

1.1.9.1 Customization Settings for the Open Requests for Resources Portlet

Select Open Requests for Resources to use this portlet.

Display:

All projects – will display open requests for all projects in the system.

Projects based on dashboard filter – will use the portfolio or project selected in the dashboard’s Filter

by field.

Organize – Options are Role by Project, Project by Role and Role by Project by Project Codes.

Role Team – select your Role Team in this field.

Project Code – select a project code for further grouping using the Role by Project by Project Codes

option in the Organize field.



1.1.10 Resource Analysis Chart Portlet

This chart will display the allocation for the selected resource in the Resource field. Each shade in the

histogram represents the resource’s usage on a particular project.

1.1.10.1 Customization Settings for the Resource Analysis Chart Portlet

Select Resource Analysis Chart option.

Chart Type – select from Histogram, Stacked Histogram, Area Chart and Pie Chart.

Display – Units or Costs

Show – Limit and/or Allocation Limit

Display resource allocation: - set the fields with a value in weeks ahead and previous to current data

date.

Color Theme – Pastel or Primary Colors



1.1.11 My Projects Portlet

This portlet displays a list of the projects that meet the criteria set in the customize page. Clicking on

the project’s name will open the project, close any other open projects and then switch the view over to

the Projects tab.

1.1.11.1 Customization Settings for the My Projects Portlet

Select the My Projects portlet.

Show project where I:

Have access rights – have view access or better to the project

Am assigned as a resource – the resource associated with your login has been assigned to one or more

activities in the project.

Am the Project Owner – have been selected as the project owner in the Project Owner field of the EPS’s

General Tab. See following figure:



Above example: project owner has been set in the General tab’s Project Owner field.

1.1.12 My Activities Portlet

This portlet displays a list of activities you are assigned to in the system; grouped by project. Click the

twisty button to see the details below each project. Clicking on the Activity name link will switch you to

the Projects tab in a page called Details of <activity name>.



1.1.12.1 Customization Settings for the My Activities Portlet

Set the number of days ahead you wish to include for activities you are scheduled to work on. This is n

days from the current data date.



1.1.13 My Risks Portlet

This portlet shows any risks in the project portfolio that you own or have other criteria selected for

viewing it. Risks are grouped by project.

Clicking on the risk name will open the Risks page of the Projects tab.



1.1.13.1 Customization Settings for the My Risks Portlet

Use the Customize link to access the Customize Risks dialog. Select from columns for the table and

include risks based upon the selected criteria in the Filter tab.



1.1.14 My Issues Portlet

This portlet displays a list of the issues available to you based upon criteria set in the Customize page.

The portlet is grouped by project. Clicking on the twisty button displays the issue name in the rows

below.

Clicking on the issue name link will open the Issues page of the Projects tab.

1.1.14.1 Customization Settings for the My Issues Portlet

Columns – choose the columns to display in the portlet.





Filter

Group



Chart

1.1.15 Communication Center Portlet

This portlet shows you the resources that meet the criteria in the customization settings, and allows you

e-mail people by selecting them in the Name list.



Selecting the check box at the project level selects all the resources working on that project.

1.1.15.1 Customization Settings for the Communication Center Portlet



1.1.16 My calendar

This portlet shows you a list of activities, grouped by projects, that you are assigned to work on during

the period selected in the calendar area.

Navigate the calendar weeks and months to see what projects and activities you have been scheduled to

work on.

Clicking on the twisty button on the project row will open the activity list below.

Clicking on the activity name link will open the Details of <Activity Name> page where you can examine

the activity dates and other details.



1.1.16.1 Customization Settings for the My Calendar Portlet



1.1.17 Portfolio Views Portlets

Portfolio Views portlets offer a wide range of options for the contents of each portlet you add to the

dashboard.

There are thirty existing Portfolio views to choose from with further sub-options for customizing the

portlet. This means there are literally dozens of combinations of data you can display with these

portlets. The categories for a portfolio view include Bubble Charts, Histograms, Pie Charts, Scorecards,

Side-by-side Histograms and Stacked Histograms, each with a variety of sub-options.

You can add or subtract portfolio views as needs demand.

1.1.17.1 Customization Settings for the Portfolio Views Portlets

Use the Add option to add new Portfolio View portlets to the list. Each one added is automatically

placed in the list and given a number.



Each Portfolio View added has a set of options to further configure the portlets content and appearance.



1.1.17.2 More Examples of Portfolio View Portlets

Below: ‘Are we doing the right projects?’ bubble chart and Cost by Plan Pie Chart portlet examples

Below: Spend by Location and Spend by Phase portlet examples.

Below: Spend by Sponsor, by Location and Budgetary Scorecard portlet examples.

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