Progress evolution chart

 

Tabsters’s charts allow you to swiftly and easily obtain visual reports based on chosen indicators.
You may find here more details about the progress evolution chart, oftenly named S-curve chart

 

S-curves charts are mathematical graphs that are very useful in project management for planning, monitoring, controlling, analyzing and forecasting project status, progress and performance.

In Tabsters, those curves show the percentage of completion over time and make up a historical record of trends and changes encountered during the course of your project.

 

Graph’s composition

 

On the graph, the horizontal axis corresponds to the temporal progression and the vertical axis, to the advancement progression in %.

The circle shaped markers represent the chosen date consolidation for the graph (here the chosen date consolidation is in week). Each marker therefore represent an evolution of one week over time, along with the corresponding progression percentage.

The yellow dotted line represents today’s date.


The graph’s curves are composed as follows :

  • The initial progress curve (light blue curve on the screenshot above), corresponds to your projects / workpackages / etc. progress, calculated according to the initial dates (dates corresponding to the first start / end dates entered for the involved element) by taking into consideration a constant linear element’s progress between those two dates, until it reaches the 100%.

  • The theorical progress curve (red curve on the screenshot above), corresponds to your projects / workpackages / etc. progress, calculated according to the reel dates (start / end dates entered for the involved element) by taking into consideration a constant linear element’s progress between those two dates, until it reaches the 100%.

  • The real progress curve (dark blue curve on the screenshot above), corresponds to your projetcs / workpackages / etc. actual progress, calculated according to the entered progression, based on the date.
    This progress being your projects / workpackages / etc. reel progress, it is therefore not projected over time like the theorical and initial progress curves.

Those curves thus allow you to evaluate the actual progress of your projects / workpackages / etc. according to the theory, to assess progress issues and potential improvement points.

 
 
 

How to create a S-curve chart

 

To create a S-curve graph, go to your roadmap and click on the fourth display screen “Graph”.

 

Once on the “Graph” screen, click on the cogwheel “Chart parameters” in the top right part of your screen.

 
 

By default, your chart will be of Custom type.

Click on the yellow text, and in the pop-up, chose in the “Chart from template” section the “Progress evolution” chart.

 

Chart settings

 

Many parameters are available to customize your progress evolution chart

Legend :

  • “Display” : Boolean parameter allowing you to display or not the chart’s legend.

  • “Position” : Drop-down list allowing you to set the legend’s position (Top, bottom, left, right).

Label :

  • “Display” : Boolean parameter allowing you to display or not the progress percentage corresponding to the markers.

Line :

  • “Marker shape” : Drop-down list allowing you to set the shape of markers (Circle, triangle, diamond, rectangle, pentagon ou none).

 

Calculation :

  • “Consolidation date” : Drop-down list allowing you to set the wished time period between each marker (Year, quarter, month, day).
    This parameter allows you to adjust your chart based on the time span of your projects / workpackages / etc..

  • “Progress calculation mode” : Drop-down list allowing you to set the progress calculation mode on which you wish your chart to be represented (Burned, average, complexity, free or none).

Just like other webviews, it is possible to apply filters on the chart in order to redefine its perimeter, by filtering on the location, project type etc..

Please note that the theorical progress and real progress curves are recalculated according to the chosen “Progress calculation mode”. The curves will also be recalculated if the element’s dates are modified during the project’s realisation.

 
 
 
 

  • If the chosen progress calculation mode is complexity, the displayed curve will therefore be the progress based on the weighted mean of each element.

 
 

  • If the chosen progress calculation mode is burned, the displayed curve will therefore be the burned progress and no longer the progress.

 
 

  • If the chosen progress calculation mode is free, the displayed curve will therefore be the linear progress between the start and end dates of the involed element.
    The theorical progress will always be equal to 0 because there is no progress calculation by the webapp with this progress calculation mode.

  • If the chosen progress calculation mode is none, the displayed curve will be the average progress.