Viewing the Project Summary Page

User Rights:

Location:

Project Manager

[Selected Project] > Project > Summary

 

The project summary page displays detailed statistical lists of Tasks, Milestones, IRC Items and over-allocated Resources. Additionally, summarised budget information, current Project Log status (if enabled) and notifications about external modifications of your project are displayed.

 

Follow These Steps to Open the Project Summary Page

  1.  From the Selected Project, click on the Project option on the menu

  2. Click on the Summary option on the drop down menu

  3.  The Project Summary Page will be displayed.

 

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Project Log

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Budget Summary

Budget Details displayed in the Project Summary Page

Field

Description

Planned Effort

The total number of planned hours within the project

Actual Effort

The total number of actual hours booked against tasks in the project

Remaining Effort

The total number of remaining hours in the project

Planned Effort Cost

The total cost of the planned hours in the project

Actual Effort Cost

The total cost of the actual hours booked in the project

Remaining Effort Cost

The total cost of the remaining hours left in the project

Planned Material Cost

The total planned cost of materials in the project

Actual Material Cost

The total actual cost of materials in the project

Total Planned Cost

The sum of the Planned Labour Cost and Planned Material Cost

Total Actual Cost

The sum of the Actual Labour Cost and Actual Material Cost

Budget

The budget figure taken from the project details page. Manually entered figure.

Task Summary

Field

Description

Not Started

A count of the number of tasks in the project which are not started. Eg. In New or Pending Status

Open

A count of the number of tasks in the project which are currently open

Overdue

A count of the number of tasks in the project which are currently overdue. 

Key

A count of the number of tasks in the project which have been marked as key tasks

Milestone Summary

The Milestone Summary List

Field

Description

Not Started

A count of the number of milestones in the project which are not started

Overdue

A count of the number of milestones in the project which are currently overdue. 

Key

A count of the number of milestones in the project which have been marked as key tasks

Project Log (optional)

Displays the details of the current project log.  If the log has not been entered, a hyperlink is displayed which, when selected opens the current project log ready for entry of data.

IRC Summary

Field

Description

New

A count of the number of new IRC items that have been entered against the project.

In Progress

A count of the number of In Progress IRC items in the project.

Overdue

A count of the number of the overdue IRC items in the project.

Key

A count of the number of IRC items in the project which have been marked as key.

Over Allocated Resource Summary

The over allocated resource Summary displays the number of over allocated resources that are assigned to the project.  The allocation values are derived from total allocation over all projects.  Project managers can use this list to quickly locate resources that are assigned to their project who have a likely hood of not being able to perform the work assigned to the project due to other commitments.

Click on any of the values denoted with a hyperlink to open a filtered list of the resources that are over allocated within the selected period.

Field

Description

Between 101% and 120%

A count of the number resources who have a total allocation of between 101% to 120%  for next one week, two week and four week period

Between 121% and 150%

A count of the number resources who have a total allocation of between 121% to 150%  for next one week, two week and four week period

Over 150%

A count of the number resources who have a total allocation of over 150%  for next one week, two week and four week period

Affected Cross-Project Dependencies

The section displays any impacted tasks due to predecessor dependencies from other projects. For instance, a task that has a predecessor link to a task from another project which is now running 1 month late will impact the current project.  bSmart doesn’t automatically change your project plan until you have viewed these dependencies and reviewed the impacts.  If you are happy for the changes to take place you simply press the project recalculation icon to update the plan based on these changes.

Field

Description

Task

The task within the project that has a cross project dependency.

External Task

The external task in another project that is impacting the task within the current project due to its dependency.

Project

The project the external task belongs to

Start Date

The start date of the external task

Due Date

The due date of the external task

Resource Change Journal

Any changes that are made to the Resources assigned to Tasks on the Project in the Resource Centre are listed in the Resource Change Journal on the Project Summary page.  This journal is designed to keep the project manager informed of any changes made to their project Resources by the Resource Manager.

The Resource Change Journal is only displayed on the Project Summary page when the list has unread entries.  The project manager can clear entries on the list by selecting one or more entries and clicking the “Mark as Read” icon.

Copies of all entries in the Resource Change Journal are kept in the Project Journal.  These entries are not cleared when the Project Manager marks entries as being read.

Field

Description

Date

The date the change was made

Description

The description of the change made by the Resource Manager.  A copy of this entry is also kept in the Project Journal.