- is a weekly email to a project manager. All of the content will be for where the person getting the email is the PM
- shows aggregate data for all of their projects
- sends the PM a reminder email at the end of each week showing the items that the PM needs to do. Maybe call it Weekly PM reminder.
- Shows the mentioned data in sections as follows:
- Past Due issues
- Only active projects
- Only open issues – not resolved or closed
- Show project name, project ID, issue name, issue priority, target resolution date, color (only red or yellow)
- Logic for Yellow = where target resolution is within the next week
- Logic for Red = target resolution date is in the past
- URL LINK: to that issue
- Past Due Risks
- Only active projects
- Only open risks – not resolved or closed
- Show project name, project ID, risk name, risk priority, target resolution date, color (only red or yellow)
- Logic for Yellow = where target resolution is within the next week
- Logic for Red = target resolution date is in the past
- URL LINK: to that risk
- Past Due Status Report
- Only active projects
- Show project name, project ID, report date, most recent overall status, color (only red or yellow)
- Only 1 line per project – show even if there is no status report
- Logic for Yellow = where latest status report date > 7 days ago
- Logic for Red = latest status report date is > 14 days ago
- URL LINK: to status report list
- Past Due Milestones
- Only active projects
- Only open milestones
- Show project name, project ID, task name, task finish date, color (only red or yellow)
- Logic for Yellow = where finish is within the next week
- Logic for Red = finish date is in the past
- URL LINK: to that milestone
- Past Due Forecast
- Only active projects
- Show project name, project ID, last updated date, most recent total plan of record amount, color (only red or yellow)
- Only 1 line per project – show even if there is no finish plan
- Logic for Yellow = where last updated date of the plan of record > 14 days ago
- Logic for Red = where last updated date of the plan of record > 30 days ago
- URL LINK: to cost plan
- Allocation Summary for the Project Team
- Past Due issues
- Unfilled Roles that need to be staffed
- Resources Actuals +/- 25% of Allocation
- Resource ETC +/- 25% of Allocation
- Pending Change Controls / Approval Status
- In addition to the Past Due Milestones, upcoming milestones
- Budget Summary
- Actual vs. Planned
- Burndown estimate
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A process that: -
A process creating a new Cost Plan. Cost Plan properties:
Pre-conditions:Name Cost Plan created on: yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss Grouping attributes Charge Code, Transaction Type Start Period The earliest fiscal period with Actuals (from PPA_WIP table) or current period, if there are no actuals Finish Period The latest fiscal period with a non-zero allocation (from PRJ_BLB_SLICES table, SLICE_REQUEST_ID = 6 Period Type Monthly Plan of Record True Planned Cost For periods in the past – from Actuals (Charge Code, Transaction Type, Quantity (Units), Cost (Amount) taken from Transactions (PPA_WIP & PPA_WIP_DETAILS); For current and future periods – from Allocations (Charge Code taken from the Project, Transaction Class from the Resource, Quantity from allocation slices, Cost from the Rate Matrix (NBI_PROJ_RES_RATES_AND_COSTS table) - the Project must be financially enabled.
- if a new Team Member is added, Rate Matrix job must be run, so the rates are populated in the NBI table.
- if the Allocation changes, allow the timeslice job to finish before running the process.
- the Project should have the Charge Code set.
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Rego’s course materials for managing projects with Clarity PPM. This slide deck is created using Clarity version 15.6 and focuses on the Classic user interface. The course material covers the following:- Project Management Overview
- Managing Projects
- Staff the Team
- Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Resource Assignments to Tasks
- Clarity PPM Autoschedule
- Financial Management
- Risks, Issues, and Change Requests
- Controlling a Project
- Program Management
- Portlets and Reports
- Clarity PPM New UX – Life of the PM Interface
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The Percent Time by Type and Timescale - Grid portlet shows a breakout of time by timescale for resources the logged in user has view rights for using the timeslices. This portlet gives the Clarity user the ability to show the amount of hours spent on a project by week, month, quarter and year. Using this portlet, the Clarity user can get an overview of all hours in a time period or use the filter to search for a specific dataset (as required). The portlet provides a filter for OBS and date ranges. -
This training document is a Rego Consulting Quick Reference Guide to assist with utilization of the Staffing page in Clarity’s Modern User Experience. This doc references version 16.0.2 views. Document provides detail on the layout and capabilities of the Staff Grid as well as the Allocations Timeline. Information is provided on columns, widgets and filtering. Instructions are provided on how to save Views. Summary information is provided on the layout of the Allocation Timeline and includes detail on the Investment Timeline and the Resource Histogram. Investment Timeline summary contains information on the Allocations by Investments and the Allocations by Resources tabs. While the Resource Histogram section provides screenshots on Resource Availability and Resources by Role. -
This training document is a Rego Consulting Quick Reference Guide to assist with the management of project tasks from within the Tasks tab in Clarity’s Modern User Experience. This doc references version 16.0.2 views. Document covers Task Tab, Timeline View, Board View, Grid View, adding and removing columns, saving views, task details, To Dos, Assignments, Links, Conversations and View Options settings. -
This training document is a Rego Consulting Quick Reference Guide to assist with Task Assignments in Clarity’s Modern User Experience. This doc references version 16.0.2 views. Document provides detail on how to use the Assignments tab to add resources to tasks, tips on how to group resource data, updating ETC values and Per-Period Metrics. -
This training document is a Rego Consulting Quick Reference Guide to assist with the adding of resources to the Staff tab for Ideas in Clarity’s Modern User Experience. This doc references version 16.0.3 views. Document provides detail on how to add resources to the Staff tab, Default Allocation % and Per-Period metrics. -
This training document is a Rego Consulting Quick Reference Guide to assist with creation and management of resource Teams in Clarity’s Modern User Experience. This doc references version 16.0.3 views. Document provides detail on how to create Teams and add resources to a Team. Instructions are provided on how to add resources by OBS and how to allocate a team to an investment. Team key points are provided with regard to Classic, Allocations, ETC and Financials. -
This training document is a Rego Consulting Quick Reference Guide to assist with utilization of the Staffing page in Clarity’s Modern User Experience. This doc references version 16.0.3 views. Document provides detail on the layout and capabilities of the Staff Grid as well as the Allocations Timeline. Information is provided on columns, widgets and filtering. Instructions are provided on how to save Views. Summary information is provided on the layout of the Allocation Timeline and includes detail on the Investment Timeline and the Resource Histogram. Investment Timeline summary contains information on the Allocations by Investments and the Allocations by Resources tabs. While the Resource Histogram section provides screenshots on Resource Availability and Resources by Role. -
This video describes how to create and work with task dependencies within Open WorkBench. The video is available in both .m4v and .wmv formats. -
The Rego Estimation Module Provides a more accurate estimate earlier in the idea/project lifecycle.- Is applied consistently so it can be improved.
- Retains the data in Clarity to enable analysis.
- Provides ongoing feedback by comparing estimates to current EAC.
- Provides historical record of estimating for projects overall as well as change requests.
