On purchasing Governance and its associated features, all users have default access to the Governance Dashboard. Initially, users might encounter limited data or No records available messages on dashboard cards until data is entered across the Governance features (project groups, projects, risks, issues, lessons and tasks).

You can only view items to which you are assigned or have permissions. Governance permissions include: owner, member, notified user (through the mention function or linked tasks), and attachment reviewer.

The Governance Dashboard features sixty-two cards spread across six tabs, each representing different features of Governance.

The dashboard offers a range of:

• Table charts
• Donut charts
• Gauge charts
• Pie charts
• Burndown chart
• Bar charts

Table Charts

The table charts display multiple columns and offer a sorting and View All function. An example is shown below:

On applying sort to a column the following sort icon appears: 

The default sorting on the Top 10 cards is applied as follows:

• Top 10 Project Groups: Sorted by due date. If due dates are the same, the project groups are sorted by the last updated date or created date (if the project group has not been updated since created)

• Top 10 Projects: Sorted by priority first, then by due date. If due dates are the same, then sorted by the last updated date or created date (if the project has not been updated since created)

• Top 10 Risks/Issues: Sorted by score first, then by next review date

• Top 10 Lessons: Sorted by next review date

• Top 10 Tasks: Sorted by priority first, then by due date

When you click View All, you are directed to the respective feature log page (project groups, projects, risks, issues, lessons, or tasks), where you can view additional details related to the card you navigated from.

Donut charts

Donut charts provide a visual comparison between data points, displaying proportional data or percentages across different categories. Each segment of the donut represents the size of data parts relative to the total data available to you in the dashboard, facilitating easy and immediate comparisons. For instance, the dashboard card shown below enables you to quickly compare tasks that are overdue versus those that remain on time.

Gauge charts

Gauge charts, also known as speedometer charts, are highly effective visual tools used to display key performance indicators (KPIs), progress against a goal, or the status of a value within a predefined range. For example, on the risks tab of the Governance Dashboard, gauge charts can show the percentage of risks that have been closed, helping you quickly gauge the proportion of outstanding versus terminated and closed risks.

Pie charts

Combo pie charts offer a versatile visualisation of key data points across the Governance feature. These charts integrate the features of a standard pie chart with additional elements, such as data displayed on hover, to provide a multi-dimensional view of the data. For example, the pie chart below illustrates the total number of risks based on their status and criticality.

Burndown charts

The dashboard features burndown charts for both time and cost, which are instrumental in monitoring estimated budgets or time estimates against actual expenditures or resource allocation. This allows for real-time tracking of project progress and financial management, helping to ensure projects stay on schedule and within budget.

Time can be estimated and logged for individual tasks, with totals accumulated at the project level. Costs can be forecasted and logged independently at both task and project levels, without accumulation or interdependency between the two.

The colours used on the burndown bars represent the following:

Project Time:

Task Cost:

Bar Charts

Combined bar charts enable the side-by-side comparison of multiple datasets. For instance, the chart displayed below helps you compare the number of open issues by status (open or closed) against issue control strategies: tolerating, treating, transferring, terminating, or no selection.