I am struggling with how Schedule Health is calculated in the Project Plan that comes with the PMO template set – it seems misleading and not an accurate reflection of health because:
- After setting a Baseline, the Schedule Health is still calculated using Target End Date (which is likely a different date than what is in my approved Baseline).
- Schedule Health is also using the Actual End Date (“End Date”) but we could be past that date and not yet determined the actual end date yet – so the health could be misleading – showing as “green” until I enter the actual date. (In other Project Plan templates – not part of PMO set – the Schedule Health would show “red” if the Baseline End date passed and is not marked as 100% complete.
Am I understanding this correctly? If so, have you or others had issues with this and have suggestions for how I can still use this template (within PMO set) but accurately track and communicate Schedule Health?
Thank you in advance for any additional insight and tips you can share.