The purpose of the programme dashboard is to display high level project information for the projects that form part of a particular programme. This is ideal for use during portfolio or programme meetings or to communicate high level status information to programme stakeholders.
To access the Programme dashboard, hover over Reporting and select Dashboards.
The first sections of the dashboard is focussed on Programme Information, % Spent per Project, Progress % per Project as well as the Project List.
The next section highlights upcoming programme milestones by means of a Timeline Graph. In this scenario, we're displaying the name of the project first, concatenated with the name of the milestone. Colour coding is applied based on the Health of the Project. Due to a date field being used, we also show the x-axis to be visible at the bottom.
Next is a summary of the Project Health, related Health Indicators & Comments:
When looking at the programme schedule, you have the ability to apply a Task filter depending on the audience and the amount of detail related to the schedule.
The programme costs section, in addition to the normal summarised cost information, also displays the % contribution of each project within the programme based on the budgeted cost.
The rest of the Dashboard then provides tables for the underlying Risks, Issues & Scope Changes.
Most of the data can be drilled down to obtain more detailed information about that particular item. For example, by clicking on a particular project in the Programme Projects section, it will open the project view page for that particular project.
For more information on setting up programme projects in PPO, read the following knowledge base article.