Overall Project Performance

This is a traffic light based metric that provides a graphical view of the overall performance of the project.

Traffic Light Indicators:

  • Green

    Project is on Schedule.

  • Yellow

    Project requires attention.

  • Red

    Project requires immediate attention

The table provides these indices:
Indicator Effort SPI CPI VAC OTP
(Earned Value hours - Actual Hours)/Earned Value * 100 Earned Value/Planned Value Earned Value / Actual Cost (Budget at Completion – Estimate at completion)/Budget at Completion * 100 No. of activities completed till date / No. of activities planned to be completed as on date
Green > = 0 >= 1 >= 1 >=0 >= 1
Yellow = -5 to 0 =0.95 to 0.99 =0.95 to 0.99 = -5 to -0.009 = 0.95 to 0.99
Red < -5 < 0.95 < 0.95 < 0 < 0.95
Note: 
  • Effort is not specified if Earned Value is zero.
  • SPI is not specified if budget (planned value) is defined for the project.
  • CPI is not specified if Actual Cost is not yet booked for the project (or booked with zero cost).
  • VAC is not specified if budget is not defined for project.
  • OTP is not specified if activity is not completed.

The indicators list additional information for each metric: