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RAG Status; What does good look like?

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Obiajulum Omoregie Head, Project Management Capability Building| Nawah Energy Company Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Question for my fellow PMO leaders out there: when measuring the health of a Project Portfolio (i.e. the percentage of Projects that report "Green" over the total number of Projects in the Portfolio for each reporting period), what does Good look like? 80% Green? More? Less? Let me know your thoughts!
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Obiajulum Omoregie Head, Project Management Capability Building| Nawah Energy Company Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dec 28, 2022 8:57 AM
Replying to Abolfazl Yousefi Darestani
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As Sergio and Kiron mentioned, it depends!
"It Depends" - the most undervalued phrase in project management. but yes, i agree with you Abolfazi - it does depend.
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Obiajulum Omoregie Head, Project Management Capability Building| Nawah Energy Company Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dec 28, 2022 11:49 AM
Replying to Thomas Walenta
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It depends on the purpose of the reporting, maturity of the organization and it might change.

Consider the extremes of 100% green or 100% red or even 100% amber. If you look at the portfolio you want to identify the projects you need to take action on.

It’s called an indicator to indicate something.
If it shows all green you have a big problem and are blindsighted.
I think you touch on a pivotal point Thomas, we need to go to the why. A lot of times we desire the "Green's", but a focus on what is to be indicated and what message we drive is key. this is super useful. Thank you Thomas.
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Obiajulum Omoregie Head, Project Management Capability Building| Nawah Energy Company Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dec 28, 2022 1:46 PM
Replying to Keith Novak
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The first thing you need to do is define Red Amber and Green. That itself can be very contentious. Sometimes Red is off-plan with no recovery plan, amber/yellow is off-plan with recovery plan in place, and green is proceeding on plan. That masks the actual risk level though.

Is a late deliverable because one person is out sick for a day with no ECD really red? You will sometimes hear the phrase, "This feels more yellow than red." Risk based stoplight colors need more well defined criteria. What is red at an individual team level is different than what is red perceived by the C-suite.
Thanks Keith, i hear the need to define what matters most to my executive suite.
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Latha Thamma reddi Sr Product and Portfolio Management (Automation Innovation)| DXC Technology Mckinney, Tx, United States
As Sergio and Kiron mentioned, it depends on the time.
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