Benchmarking Page - New!

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On the Project Listings page, select the Predicted delay likelihood KPI of a project.
On the Schedule Intelligence page, click Try the new benchmarks in the Compare this project section.

How to Use this Page

The Benchmarking page allows you to compare your ongoing projects against projects that have been completed or are 80- 90% complete to:

learn from past delays, gains and schedule issues on projects and apply those learnings to the current project
enhance estimation capabilities
rank your current project in comparison to the projects in the benchmark groups
compare your project's activities with the activities of the benchmark projects
expand or collapse projects to adjust your level of granularity as needed
Note: The groups being compared are setup in the CIC Advisor Administration application, and can be modified according to the needs of your organization. To change a group or modify the selection of projects in each group, contact your CIC Advisor administrator.

This page includes the following sections:

Section Number	Description
1	Provides a total count of the benchmark groups, projects and the activities with which your current project is being compared. In the above example, Haitang Project is compared with 2 benchmark groups, 13 projects and 1307 activities.
2	Compare Options: Select any of the following options to compare your project: Compare Groups Compares your project with each benchmark group. In the above example, your project is compared with 2 groups. Compare Projects Compares your project and its activities with other projects or with the associated projects and activities in the benchmark groups. In the above example, your project is compared with 13 projects in the benchmark groups.
3	Main Metrics Section Depending on your project's ranking in comparison with other projects or benchmark groups, compares your project on the following metrics: Planned duration: The planned duration calculated by your project schedule. Delay amount: The extent of delay predicted for your project in terms of days. Number of delay activities: The number of activities that are contributing to a project delay. Note: You can also interchange the above metrics with any of the secondary metrics (click and drag) based on your organization's needs.
4	Secondary Metrics Section Compare your project (displayed first in each tile) with the benchmark groups / projects on the following metrics: Planned total cost: The planned cost for all expenses associated with the activity, project, or EPS. Planned total units: The planned number of units for all resources associated with the activity, project, or EPS. Total float: The amount of time the activity can be delayed before delaying the project finish date. A float of zero hours indicates that the activity cannot be delayed at all and a negative float indicates that the project is already behind schedule. It is calculated as Late Start minus Early Start or as Late Finish minus Early Finish. Planned labor cost: The planned costs for all labor resources assigned to the activity. Planned material cost: The planned cost for all material resources assigned to the activity, project, or EPS. Planned non labor cost: The planned costs for all non labor resources associated with the project or EPS. Planned labor units: The planned number of units for all labor resources assigned to the activity. Planned non labor units: The planned units for all non labor resources assigned to the activities in the project. Note: You can also interchange the above metrics with any of the primary metrics (click and drag) based on your organization's needs.
5	Filters Section Select an alternative project and click Apply to compare it with the benchmark groups/projects. For more details, see Filters Pane of the New Benchmarking Page.

Click More details to access the Benchmarking Details Page.

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