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Description

Project Dashboards: Selecting Indicators, Building and Sharing

Build a short tracking tool that reveals real variances and prompts decisions at the right time

  • 0.43 days — 3 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Foundation
  • Up to 6 participants

Many project dashboards serve only to reassure. They display self-reported progress percentages and colour codes that stay green until the day before the slippage becomes undeniable. Others accumulate so many indicators that no one reads them any more and the drift goes unnoticed.

Three hours online to select a small number of genuinely useful indicators and build the dashboard that goes with them. The session focuses on choosing indicators and reading them correctly. Automated dashboard production is covered in a separate programme in the catalogue.

Learning objectives

  • Select the schedule, cost and risk indicators suited to the project
  • Define the source and update frequency of each indicator
  • Build a dashboard that fits on a single page
  • Interpret a variance and formulate the decision it calls for
  • Adjust the level of detail to the intended audience

What makes this programme different

Indicators are selected from the participants' own live projects
A single-page dashboard is produced during the session
Alert rules are defined with thresholds specific to each project

Programme

1Selecting Your Indicators

Few but readable

  • Distinguish self-reported progress from verified progress
  • Select schedule, cost and risk indicators
  • Define the source and frequency of each data point
  • Discard indicators that no one actually uses

2Building the Dashboard

One page that can be read at a glance

  • Organise information by level of reading
  • Show variances rather than volumes
  • Define alert rules and their thresholds
  • Choose a plain and stable layout

3Reading, Sharing and Deciding

From observation to decision

  • Interpret a variance and investigate its cause
  • Draft the commentary that accompanies the dashboard
  • Adapt distribution to the recipient
  • Sustain the update rhythm over time

Who is it for

Project managers, coordinators and project support officers responsible for tracking progress and reporting on it.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites

Dates & locations

12 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.