Project Portfolio Dataset

This dataset comprises a portfolio of six projects each having a PMB consisting of a budget derived from a standardised first-principles, bottom-up estimation technique utilising a homogeneous set of resources, both consumable and non-consumable, which are inter-related in a highly complex, multi-dimensional manner with appropriate correlation between quantity, productivity rates and cost rates. The data set also includes detailed time-phased actual costs and progress over the life of each project as well as the time-phased values of revenue claimed for each project. The collection and attribution of 12,139 actual costs and the measurement of progress over a period of just under 109 consecutive weeks is consistent and standardised across all six projects providing a unique differentiator to other datasets. The data was collected over a continuous 109 week period, and is valid for research in portfolio, program or project management or control of multiple resource-constrained projects, where projects are managed collectively, generally in a standardised manner to support a strategic business aim.The latest revision of the data includes updated information for all eight projects in the form of individual spreadsheets for each project. The updates include: · All new spread sheets have the pre-fix – EDM. All original datasets remain unchanged. · Earned Duration Information has been added to each project. The ability to create an EDM baseline and record actual EDM data or progress is simplified using the spreadsheets. Tasks, start and completion dates are simply copied into the spread sheet and the data for the EDM baseline, TPD and TED s-curves is created. The spread sheets also include various mechanisms for recording or estimating work progress. · Actual start and finish dates have been added to each task for each project. The previous dataset only recorded the progress of each task at the completion of a reporting month. This update provides greater granularity for start and finish dates for each task.