Data Points and Data Gathering Overview

Accolade offers many ways to enter and to view data about a project and its current progress toward completion.

  • Metrics - A metric is a measure of an aspect of a project, or product, and is unique to each company that implements Accolade. Metrics provide data and status and are available for inclusion in online forms, charts, reports, documents, and other places within Accolade. Use metrics to capture data, such as dates relative to project start and end dates, level of risk, or financial data such as project costs. Each company has their own set of data points that are important to their particular process flow. Use the various metric types to define and capture data points about all projects in your system.
  • Matrices - A matrix is a collection of metrics intended to model complex relationships between different data types. For example, a matrix could show how several aspects of project performance change over time. Matrices show how one or more metrics changes or is expected to change in relationship to changes in critical factors such as time or location. A matrix can also be a project management tool. For example, to assign action items to members of a project.
  • Quick Grids - A quick grid is a collection of one or more customizable grids that is associated with a deliverable or activity that provides another location to enter information during a project. Quick grids are added to deliverables and activities in a process model, in much the same way as a template. Adding the appropriate metrics and other data collection points to a grid allows the assigned deliverable or activity owner to conveniently manage the metrics and data collection directly on the screen, without having to download a template, update the document and save the results to Accolade. Quick grids also allow other members of the project to view the specific metrics and data associated with each deliverable or activity in a read-only version of the grid.
  • Templates - A template is the starting point for creating a deliverable, activity, or gate document, an MS Excel report or chart, MS Project schedules, and other documents. Using templates provides consistency across documents of similar type, and can provide additional information about what is required to complete within a document.
  • Reports - Reporting in Accolade provides a means to summarize and analyze project and other data within your database, in a format and manner that is most applicable to your organization and data needs. Reports can range from user login attempts to much more complicated reports used to analyze projects and completion efficiency or financial information.
  • Portfolio Snapshots - Portfolio snapshots are saved records of project data at a specific point in time, creating a history of metric and resource changes across projects.

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