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Should milestone status reporting include Not Started? James Payne Director, EPMO| Chapters Health System Plant City, Fl, USA Friendly discussion regarding project milestone status reporting.  My team is looking to show the status of a project that also includes the RAG status for milestones.  Initial thought process was to provide an overall project RAG, with a milestone list which includes the RAG status for each milestone.  The team differs of how to report milestones where work has not started.  Do we simply show "Not Started", which is not a RAG status, or do we show Green since there's no reason for the milestone to be off track, as the work to complete it has not started.        Saving Changes... Posted: Mar 7, 2024 10:53 AM

Sort By: Newest First Chronological Votes Rami Kaibni Community Champion Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada James, I would simply show it as Green if it didn't start because the Start Time is still to come because in this case there is no reason to believe it will be off track unless you do anticipate that due to a potential risk. On the other hand, if it didn't start due to a delay then it should be Amber or Red. Saving Changes... Posted: Mar 7, 2024 2:17 PM Kiron Bondale Community Champion Mentor| World Class Productivity Inc. Welland, Ontario, Canada James - I'd suggest letting the color of future milestones reflect the team's current forecast relative to your approved baseline. If they are on track relative to the baseline, then show them as green, otherwise use the amber/red reporting based on how far off track they are. This is consistent with how stoplights in MS Project can be configured to show a graphical representation of actual & forecast variance. Kiron Saving Changes... Posted: Mar 7, 2024 5:18 PM Relance Christian Burlington, Ontario, Canada I have always found it easier to show RAG statuses for only active milestones. Anything that is not completed or not started is spelled out. To make it stand out visually I use Grey background/font colour to show Not Started milestones and blue for Completed milestones. Saving Changes... Posted: Mar 18, 2024 3:23 PM Keith Novak Tukwila, Wa, USA Teams need to decide among themselves, 1) what the stoplight colors reflect, and 2) what gets reported based on the status. RAG/RYG can have multiple meanings included On-plan, Off-plan with recovery plan in place, Off-plan with no recovery plan or no plan at all; risk based (my preference); and "it feels more yellow/amber than red to me". How you pick those colors to be consistent is important to driving the desired behaviors based on the status color. If a milestone has a start and finish as opposed to just a one day milestone like the delivery day, then the start should indicate that the total duration is important and likely on the critical path. If it's not important, why is it even a milestone since a milestone is a reference point for other activities, and you're not using it to measure anything? Also, typically the red and A/Y are what gets reported, not everything that's green. If the start is late but it doesn't matter, why spend the time reporting on what doesn't matter? Saving Changes... Posted: Mar 18, 2024 4:01 PM

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