Your team is working. Tasks are getting done. But are you actually on track?
Most project managers can't answer that with confidence — not because they're not paying attention, but because they're measuring activity, not progress. A project can have enormous activity and zero real progress.
The three numbers that tell you if your project is healthy:
1. % Complete — not estimated, not felt. Calculated from actual signed-off deliverables only.
2. Open Risks — how many flagged risks are currently unresolved.
3. Pending Decisions — how many approvals are sitting unanswered and blocking progress.
If you can answer those three questions accurately every Monday, you know your project's health. If you can't — you're managing by feel, and that's where surprises come from.
Project managers who run structured weekly reviews catch problems an average of 2.3 weeks earlier than those who don't. That's 2.3 extra weeks to fix something before it becomes a crisis.
The Weekly Progress Dashboard
Open it in your browser, fill in your three numbers, and get an instant health snapshot. No Excel, no Notion setup, no software required. Takes 10 minutes every Monday.
— Arnie Rose Felicilda, M.A.Ed Supply Chain & Project Management Educator
