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Example of a multi-page Highlight report with details pre-filled by p2msp.

Normally you would text to this report for a summary of project progress, any key issues and risks etc. - we have not added anything so that you can clearly see the report data that p2msp produces from your plan.

HIGHLIGHT  REPORT

 

Project Name

p2msp Sample Project.mpp

 

 

Release:

Final

Date:

2nd April 2006

 

 

 

 

Author:

Susan Smith

Company:

XYZ Corporation

 

 

 

 

Period From:

01/03/2006

 

 

Period To:

31/03/2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Subject:

Revised Corporate Strategy

 

 

 

 

Project Category:

 

 

 

 

 

Project Comments:

Project Actuals updated to 31/03/2006

 

 

 

 

Document History

 

 

Document:

This document is only valid on the day it was printed.

 

Location:

 

 

 

Revision History

 

 

 

 

Revision Date

Previous Revision Date

Summary of Changes

Changes Marked

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution

This document has been distributed to:

 

 

 

 

Name

Title

Date of Issue

Version

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.                        Highlight Report

1.1.                      Purpose of Document

To provide the Project Board with a summary of the stage status at intervals defined by them.

1.2.                      Project status summary

Dates.

Start:

Mon 16/01/06

Finish:

Tue 08/08/06

Baseline Start:

Mon 16/01/06

Baseline Finish:

Thu 06/07/06

Actual Start:

Mon 16/01/06

Actual Finish:

NA

Start Variance:

0 days

Finish Variance:

23 days

 Duration.

Scheduled:

147 days?

Remaining:

94.83 days?

Baseline:

124 days?

Actual:

52.17 days

Variance:

23 days?

Percent Complete:

35%

 Work.

Scheduled:

4,048 hrs

Remaining:

2,520 hrs

Baseline:

3,664 hrs

Actual:

1,528 hrs

Variance:

384 hrs

Percent Complete:

35%

 Costs.

Scheduled:

242,950.00

Remaining:

141,270.00

Baseline:

242,700.00

Actual:

101,680.00

Variance:

250.00

 

 

 Earned Value (MS-Project 2002/2003).

Planned Value:

104,458.06

Schedule Variance:

-16,798.36

Earned Value:

87,659.71

Schedule Variance %:

-16%

Actual Cost:

101,026.27

Schedule Performance Index

0.84

Budget at Completion:

242,700.00

Cost Variance:

-13,366.56

Estimate at Completion:

279,707.48

Cost Variance %:

-15%

Variance at Completion:

-37,007.48

Cost Performance Index:

0.87

To Complete Performance Index:

1.09

 

2.                        Delivery Progress This Period.

2.1.                      Products Started.

ID

Name

Purpose

Start Date

End Date

% Complete

 None

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


2.2.                      Products In-Progress.

ID

Name

Purpose

Start Date

End Date

% Complete

 3.1

Environment Analysis

To establish a view of the important external (and possibly internal) developments taking place around the organisation, including an understanding of why these are strategically significant.

To develop an understanding of market opportunities which can be built on and threats which must be overcome or circumvented.

To provide, in combination with analysis of the organisation's resource base, key information for strategic choice in the Decision Stage.

Tue 21/02/06

Fri 21/04/06

66%

 3.2

Resource & Capability Analysis

To understand the organisation's strategic capability through analysis of resources.

To ensure that strategic options can later be evaluated against realistic and feasible capabilities.

·          

Tue 21/02/06

Wed 17/05/06

47%

 3.3

Stakeholder & Cultural Analysis

To understand how the organisational culture will influence strategic choice

To understand the expectations and conflicting interests of key stakeholders

To assess the bases and configurations of power impacting the organisation

To enable barriers and opponents of changes to be identified as a guide to evaluating strategic options.

·          

Tue 21/02/06

Mon 24/04/06

64%


2.3.                      Products Completed.

ID

Name

Purpose

Start Date

End Date

 None

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.                         Delivery Plans Next Period

3.1.                      Products Planned to start.

ID

Name

Purpose

Start Date

End Date

 None

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


3.2.                      Products Planned to continue work on.

ID

Name

Purpose

Start Date

End Date

 3.2

Resource & Capability Analysis

To understand the organisation's strategic capability through analysis of resources.

To ensure that strategic options can later be evaluated against realistic and feasible capabilities.

·          

Tue 21/02/06

Wed 17/05/06


3.3.                      Products Planned to Complete.

ID

Name

Purpose

Start Date

End Date

 3.1

Environment Analysis

To establish a view of the important external (and possibly internal) developments taking place around the organisation, including an understanding of why these are strategically significant.

To develop an understanding of market opportunities which can be built on and threats which must be overcome or circumvented.

To provide, in combination with analysis of the organisation's resource base, key information for strategic choice in the Decision Stage.

Tue 21/02/06

Fri 21/04/06

 3.3

Stakeholder & Cultural Analysis

To understand how the organisational culture will influence strategic choice

To understand the expectations and conflicting interests of key stakeholders

To assess the bases and configurations of power impacting the organisation

To enable barriers and opponents of changes to be identified as a guide to evaluating strategic options.

·          

Tue 21/02/06

Mon 24/04/06