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A metric is only good if it triggers a decision. Everything else is decoration.
Project KPIs should show whether a project is on track and where someone needs to act. This guide introduces metrics that do that. In the demo you filter five sample projects by status.
The lesson
Milestone on-time rate
How many milestones were reached on the planned date? Shows early whether the plan was realistic.
Overdue tasks
Number and age of overdue tasks. The trend matters more than the number.
Blocked tasks
What is waiting, since when and on what. Long blocks are often the strongest warning sign.
Team utilisation
Planned hours relative to available time. Lasting overload announces delays.
Scope changes
How many tasks were added after the start? Many additions without new dates are a risk.
Status with a reason
On track, attention or critical, always with the reason. A traffic light without an explanation helps nobody.
Try it
All projects · exceptions first
Sample data · nothing is saved2 Critical1 Attention2 On track
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Rule: critical when something is blocked and the milestone is 4 days away or less, or 3+ tasks are overdue. No overall score.
Interactive demo with invented sample data. No account, nothing is saved or sent.
An example
Weekly round at Agentur Nordlicht
Example: Of five sample projects one is „critical“, reason: three tasks blocked for over a week, one of them on the critical path. In the demo the managing director filters by „critical“ and discusses only that project in depth.
Honest limits
Project health is beta
In Work V2, Peak One derives a project's health from overdue and blocked tasks and names the reason. The portfolio and the overview across projects are beta.
No benchmarks
We give no industry figures for on-time rates or utilisation. Compare your project with your own plan and your own history.
The demo shows sample data
The five projects in the demo are invented. Nothing is saved.
Frequently asked questions
How many KPIs do I need?
A few. Three to five that you look at regularly and act on.
Is percent complete a good KPI?
Only partly. It says little if the hard tasks are still open. Milestone on-time rate says more.
Where do the numbers come from?
From the tasks themselves: dates, status, dependencies. The cleaner they are kept, the more reliable the metric.