Project Cycle Time Summary by Product Category

This report compares the length of time it takes to complete projects by category. It allows you to see the amount of activity occurring per category and to identify which categories take longer to complete.

Note Note

Only projects that contain a product category name are included on this report.

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Project Cycle Time Summary by Product Category

This report table includes a vertical bar graph comparing the actual average cycle time by product category over time. Each bar represents the actual average cycle time for all the projects with completed tasks that started in the shown month.

Field	Description
Unlabeled	Choose the document icon in this column to display the category record.
Category	The product category for the project.
Description	The description for the product category.
Start Month	The month and year that contains projects that were launched in the given month and have completed tasks.
Completed Projects Launched	The number of projects with completed tasks that were started in the month shown.
Actual Avg Cycle Time (Days)	The average cycle time of the projects in this category based on actual dates.
Baseline Avg Cycle Time (Days)	The average cycle time of the projects in this category based on baseline dates.

Project Cycle Time Detail

This report table provides details about each of the projects in the categories shown in the summary section. A link lets you view schedule task details in each project.

Field	Description
Name	The project name. You can choose the project name link if you have access to this project.
Summary Category	The parent category name.
Category	The product category name.
Baseline Start	The Baseline Start Date of the earliest schedule task or milestone on the project schedule.
Baseline End	The Baseline End Date of the latest schedule task or milestone on the project schedule.
Baseline Cycle Time (Days)	The number of days between the Baseline Start Date and Baseline End Date.
Actual Start	The Actual Start Date of the earliest schedule task or milestone on the project schedule.
Actual End	The Actual End Date of the latest schedule task or milestone on the project schedule. .
Actual Cycle Time (Days)	The number of days between the actual Start Date and Actual End Date.
Variance	The percentage variance of actual against baseline. Variance = (Baseline Cycle Days - Actual Cycle Days)/Baseline Cycle Days