The Project Management Tool Kit: 100 Tips and Techniques for Getting the Job Done Right

Example Predictive Metrics

Predictive metrics are useful for developing a deeper understanding of the work and for comparing projects.

Predictive schedule metrics include:

• Activity duration estimates

• Project duration (calendar time)

• Aggregated schedule risk, schedule reserve

• Logical length (maximum number of activities, all paths)

• Logical width (maximum number of parallel paths)

• Logical project complexity (the ratio of activity dependencies to activities)

• Project independence (ratio of internal dependencies to all dependencies)

• Sum of all activity durations (if executed sequentially)

• Sum of total project activity float

To assess project investment, identify predictive resource metrics, such as:

• Cost estimates

• Budget at completion

• Total expected project ...