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[0049] In the following detailed description, reference is made to the accompanying drawings that form a part hereof, and in which the specific embodiments that may be practiced is shown by way of illustration. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the embodiments and it is to be understood that the logical, mechanical and other changes may be made without departing from the scope of the embodiments. The following detailed description is therefore not to be taken in a limiting sense.
[0050] Various embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for managing project performance and thereby improving a probability of overall project success. Further, the present invention discloses a robust platform for managing a project performance. The system and method disclose a real-time early warning mechanism based on an objective evaluation of four fundamental aspects of holistic project governance including Project Management, Technical Assurance, Innovation, and Collaboration. Further, the present invention provides a system and method to calculate Project Health Index (F). The system and method manages portfolio of projects in the organization to align project objectives with the organizational goals. Further, the system holistically measures and monitors projects and program performance. Also, the system helps in continuous improvement in project delivery and further develops a culture of technical and project management excellence.
[0051] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the project health index is calculated as an aggregate of project management (PM) value, technical quality value, innovation quotient and collaboration quotient.
[0052] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the Project Management (PM) and Technical Quality (TQ) are both evaluated independently using a combination of the real-time delivery performance measurement and a periodic objective assessment using a set of ‘probing’ questionnaire. The Project management measures a completion of projects, and updated status of projects. The Innovation and Collaboration are evaluated using only the questionnaire. Further, the financial performance and technical assurance are dynamically managed throughout the project duration. The process of project assessment is repeated on a cyclic basis (typically monthly) by the project leadership until the project closure. Thereafter, the scores of each of the above-mentioned parameters are evaluated based on an algorithm described below to calculate Project Health Index (PHI).
PHI (F) = PM (Assessment + Earned Value Analysis) + TQ (Assessment + OCRA) + Innovation Assessment + Collaboration Assessment.
[0053] Thereafter, the overall Project Health Index (PHI) are succinctly reported using ‘traffic light warning system’ (for example, red, amber and green). presented via informative dashboards to various stakeholders to support them in taking right business decisions related to strategy and tactics.
[0054] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the system includes a project management module, a technical quality module, an Innovation and Collaboration module, and a reporting module. The project management module is a combination of PM assessment and Earned Value Analysis. Baseline value of a project is captured, when a new project is created. These values are captured on a Monthly basis. PHI system always uses latest baseline values for the Earned value analysis. When a project must be rebased, it is handled by the process of creating a new baseline. Previous baseline values are retired and new baseline values are used for future evaluations.
[0055] Further, the Technical Quality module is a combination of Technical Assessment and Atkins Technical assurance system known as OCRA. This tracks the progress of technical quality designs from the inception to completion. The originator signs into the system to confirm that the self-checks are carried out and pushes the design submission to the checker. The checker gets an email notification with a message to start the checking process and all comments are noted in the system. The checker then assigns a level of 1-4, with one being the highest quality. This process is repeated between the checker, reviewer, and the authorizer. Furthermore, the system generates Project Dashboard report and Charts indicating an overall Project Heath Index along with drilled down report of health index in Project Management, Technical Quality, Innovation and Collaboration areas. Also, the Reporting module is configured to display a trend Analysis Report for characterizing a change in health index across different review periods on a display screen. Further, the reporting module is configured to display a Checker Report Card report illustrating delivery issue at each stage of design progress. The system also performs a comparison between Checker, Reviewer and Approver and relevant scores and Traffic light warning system (Red, Amber Green) to represent the health of projects is displayed.
[0056] According to the present invention, the system provides Live Executive Dashboards for Senior Management to review project portfolio performance. Further, the system enables integrated Engineering Design management, project management, innovation & collaboration for projects to succeed. The system provides a Dynamic Traffic light warning system for project users and key stakeholders along with Email notification to red zone project stakeholders. Also, the system provides email notification for low performing projects with recommendations. The system provides a Project user performance tool with findings and recommendations captured and presented in a dashboard format. The tool enables managers to measure performance of a project evaluated against different criteria. Further, the system enables to record deliverables associated to a project and capture and resolve issues raised against deliveries. The system provides a flexible and configurable evaluation criterion driven by weightages of the response.
[0057] FIG. 1 illustrates a block diagram of a system for project management, according to one embodiment of the present invention. with respect to FIG.1, the system includes a project management module 102, a technical quality module 106, an Innovation and Collaboration 104, and a reporting module 108. The project management module 102, technical quality module 106, Innovation and Collaboration 104, and reporting module 108 is coupled to the processor 114 for performing project management and assessment. The project management module 102 is a combination of Project management assessment and Earned Value Analysis. Baseline value of a project is captured at an instance a new project is created. The above-mentioned values are captured on month-on-month basis. The Project Health Index (PHI) system uses latest baseline values for the Earned value analysis. If a project must be rebased, it is handled by the process of creating a new baseline. Previous baseline values are retired and new baseline values are used for future evaluations.
[0058] Further, the Technical Quality module 106 is a combination of Technical Assessment and Atkins Technical assurance system known as OCRA. This tracks the progress of technical quality designs from the inception to completion. The originator signs into the system to confirm that the self-checks are carried out and pushes the design submission to the checker. The checker gets an email notification with a message to start the checking process and all comments are noted in the system. The checker then assigns a level of 1 – 4, with one being the highest quality. This process is repeated between the checker, reviewer, and the authorizer. Furthermore, the system generates Project Dashboard report and Charts showing overall Project Heath Index along with drilled down report of health index in Project Management, Technical Quality, Innovation and Collaboration areas. Also, the reporting module 108 displays trend Analysis Report characterizing change in health index across different review periods on a display screen 116. Further, the reporting module 108 displays Checker Report Card report illustrating delivery issue at each stage of design progress. The system also performs a comparison between Checker, Reviewer and Approver and relevant scores and Traffic light warning system (Red, Amber Green) to represent the health of projects is displayed.
[0059] FIG. 2 illustrates a functional block diagram for project management and calculation of project health index, according to one embodiment of the present invention. The Project Health Index (F) 201 is a custom-made system that provides a robust platform for managing project performance with an aim to improve the probability of overall project success. The system provides a real time early warning mechanism based on an objective evaluation of four fundamental aspects of holistic project governance including Project Management, Technical Assurance, Innovation and Collaboration.
[0060] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the project management 201 value provides an insight into how the project is set up and managed using an objective evaluation of the necessary requirements combined with in-depth analysis using the Earned Value Management (EVM) technique. The Technical Quality (TQ) 203 parameter provides a detailed review of the technical assurance process (called as OCRA within Atkins: Origination, Check, Review, and Authorization), combined with an objective evaluation of necessary technical requirements adopted in line with Atkins Design Principles. Further, the collaboration 205 parameter helps to establish a collaborative working requirement, measures the synergy between key stakeholders through defined expectations management techniques in line with BS11000 Standard. The innovation parameter enables to assess the level of efficiency achieved though creativity, design re-use and by automation of repeated tasks by the project team.
[0061] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the project health index (PHI) 201 (F) aligns project objectives with the organizational goals. Further, the PHI proactively and holistically measures and monitors project and program performance thereby helping in developing a culture of technical and project management excellence with design reuse 204 capabilities.
[0062] FIG. 3 illustrates a flowchart explaining a method of determining PHI, according to one embodiment of the present invention. In order to determine PHI, a project for evaluation is defined. Initially, a login page 301 is used to enter into the application for providing input on various projects. The login role can be any of the such as but not limited to a customer 302, a project manager 303, a project director, a project technical reviewer, project users 304 and an executive user 305.
[0063] The project for evaluation is fed into the system with details including data relevant for the project evaluation, project details, deliverables and the like. Further, the project evaluation is performed based on different types of criteria including subjective as well as technical as presented in the evaluate project 313 module. The customer 302 can view the delivery issues 310 and provide his inputs on the same which further is evaluated in the evaluate project 313 module. The project manager 303 can create or define a project 307 wherein defining the project includes assigning project stake holders, assigning deliverables, assigning checker, assigning reviewer and assigning approver for deliverables and providing templates. The project manager 303 will also provide inputs in creating the project report 309 from which project findings, summary view and findings with recommendations 312 can be provided and various reports can be drilled down 311. The project director, project technical reviewer and the project users 304 use or view the project details 306 that are derived and provided to the evaluate project module 313.The project details view component is used in creating one or more project reports 309 and provide summary view with recommendations which inturn enable to view the project evaluation 314. The executive user 305 views the list of projects 308 and views the project report provided through the project report 309 component. Further to this context sensitive help 315 is also provided at all the available pages. Thereafter, the performance results are displayed in the form of reports and indexes computed using a well-established algorithm.
[0064] FIG. 4 illustrates a flowchart explaining a method for generating a project assessment questionnaire, according to one embodiment of the present invention. With respect to FIG.4, a user is initially loged in with the project evaluation role 401 and selects a project to evaluate 402. The system then presents a questionnaire to measure the health of the project against all four parameters Project Management, Technical Quality, Innovation & Collaboration. The assessments are carried out based on the chosen review periods 403 and the evaluation type is selected 404. The list of questions is pre-configured in the system in the form of template questionnaires 405. Each question has a Yes/No response or a numeric value picker. The user must respond to each question 406 to complete the assessment. Some questions have further sub-questions, for example 2a, 2b and 2c for question 2. These sub-questions are enabled by default but may get disabled based on user’s response to main question. Enabling and disabling of sub questions is driven by the system configuration.
[0065] The user can input findings and recommendations 407 for each question in free form text. Multiple findings and recommendations are filled in for each question. The system keeps a track of the count of findings and presents it in a dashboard format. The user can upload documents 408 as evidence for each of the recorded findings. The user then saves and submits 409 the documents further the evaluation is saved in the system 410 and the confirmation message is displayed to the user 411. The user can then assign a severity level for each finding, giving it a ranking of Low, Medium, High and Critical. An option to retrieve response from previous review cycle is also provided for each question. Using that option, the user can populate the response of relevant question using previous review cycle’s response.
[0066] FIG. 5 illustrates a system of executive dashboard reporting, according to one embodiment of the present invention. Upon successful login, the system presents the Executive user with a dashboard view of projects 501. The system provides the following charts in the web application 502 by deriving the data from the SQL database 503 and external systems 504. The charts include:
• An aggregated count of projects showing number of projects across entire organization with the traffic light management status in Green, Amber and Red. The color coded is determined by project index score.
• An aggregated count of projects showing number of projects across in a sector.
• An aggregated count of projects showing number of projects in a Business Unit.
• A view showing top 10 projects in the Organization where maximum number of issues have been reported.
• A trend chart showing performance against four PHI parameters.
[0067] The PHI users 501 are employees of a company in various roles such as Project Manager, Project Director, etc. All these users must exist in the corporate Active Directory (AD). In addition to the company employees, customers of the company can also use PHI system. However, AD accounts must be setup for customer users as well. Customer login and customer functions are scoped for Phase 2. The system will be designed to incorporate these users in future. System and Application administrator are also users of PHI. These users must also be valid Atkins AD users.
[0068] The PHI solution is a SSL enabled web application 502 and holds presentation and business functionalities as per requirements. The application is hosted in Internet Information Server (IIS). Since the system is deployed on Azure cloud, setup of IIS and related infrastructure is handled by Microsoft. The user interface is custom developed in ASP.Net, using MVC pattern. It uses AJAX technologies and has a modern look and feel with minimal page refresh events. It is compatible with most modern browsers such as IE (version 10+), Chrome and Firefox. JavaScript must be enabled on browsers for the application to function. Key functional modules in PHI are:
1. Project Creation: To evaluate a project, it first needs to be created in PHI system. Project creation is semi-automated process. Seeding data elements such as Project Number and Project Manager are retrieved from OrderWorx database via PHI-OrderWorx integration (section 7.1). Remaining elements are filled in manually in PHI. This includes definition of deliveries, project stakeholders, etc. A project can be evaluated only after all the mandatory information has been filled in.
2. Project Evaluation based on custom questionnaire: Projects are evaluated against a criteria. There are two three methodologies against which a project is evaluated: Questionnaire based evaluation, EVA, and the OCRA process (Delivery Issue management). PHI allows questionnaire based evaluation against multiple criteria. These are:
• Project Management
• Collaboration
• Technical Quality Questionnaire
• Design Re-use
Even though four areas of evaluation are listed above, from system’s perspective, up to 8 areas of evaluation can be configured in the system. This will accommodate any changes in future if required. Questions that appear in any of the questionnaire are configurable by application administrator. The weightages applied to each question are also configurable.

PHI is designed to present the list of questions and capture user response. Following is supported:
• Configurable list of questions
• UI widget for any question: A Yes/No widget or a numeric value selector.
• Support for child questions with one level of hierarchy
• Dependency tree for parent-child question. Child questions can be enabled/disabled based on response of parent question
3. Earned Value Analysis: Earned Value Analysis (EVA) is an industry standard method of measuring a project's progress at any given point in time, forecasting its completion date and final cost, and analyzing variances in the schedule and budget as the project proceeds. PHI supports capture of baseline values, variance and actuals. These are used for computing Cost Performance Index (CPI) and Schedule Performance Index (SPI). PHI supports rebasing a project.
4. Delivery Issue Management (OCRA): The OCRA process is measurement of project performance based on issues reported against each delivery. The workflow is implemented in PHI in the business layer and is a sequential workflow as indicated in figure 5A.
5. Project Index Calculation: Calculation of Project Index is a mathematical process where response from each area of evaluation are given a numerical value, and then weightages are applied to it. As described above, there are three ways of measuring performance of a project: Questionnaire based, EVA and the OCRA process. For questionnaire based and EVA evaluation, PHI is computed for each type of questionnaire and combined based on a pre-defined weightage (figure 5B) In the OCRA process, each of the auditor (Checker, Reviewer and Approver) raise issues and a level is assigned to these issues. Based on number of issues raised and the level of these issues, a score is computed and feeds into the project performance index.

[0069] Figure 5C illustrates the OCRA process, where the weights are given to each level. Based on number of issues and count across each level, a score is computed. When multiple auditors are part of the process, score of each auditor is incorporated and average is used.
[0070] FIG. 6 is an example of the project dash board reporting, according to one embodiment of the present invention. The reporting module displays the following reports on the home page: -
a) Charts showing overall Project Heath Index along with drilled down report of health index in Project Management, Technical Quality, Innovation and Collaboration areas.
b) Charts showing top 10 projects that have the most number of issues reported. Drilled down version with the count per sector and count per business unit.
c) Charts showing top 10 projects that have the most number of unresolved issues in the last 30 days.
d) Trend Analysis Report: This report shows the change in health index across different review periods.
e) Checker Report Card: This report shows delivery issue at each stage of design progress.
f) Comparison between Checker, Reviewer and Approver and relevant scores.
g) Traffic light warning system (Red, Amber Green) to represent the health of projects.
h) Further, the system displays findings and recommendations recorded during project evaluation for the selected review period. A consolidated view of all findings and recommendations is also shown in FIG. 6. The user can click on individual records (findings) to get more details such as:
• Name of the Reviewer
• Criteria/Question for which the specific Finding & recommendation is provided
• Date time stamp when the finding was recorded
• Severity of the finding
• Link to download any evidence document associated with the finding.
[0071] The system allows the user to login to the PHI system. Depending on the user permissions, the system redirects the user to:
• Project Manager Home Page
• Project Director Home Page
• Project Technical Reviewer Home Page
• Executive User Home Page
• Other Project User Home Page
• Customer Home Page
• The login page has the links to instruct the user on how to login to the PHI system. The page also has the informational links on supporting documents, FAQs, Contact List and Atkins internal web-portal.
[0072] Upon successful login, the system presents the Project Manager with a list of projects for which the user is setup as a Project Manager. Following data elements are shown for each project: -
• Project Name
• Project Number
• Sector
• Business Unit
• Project Start Date
• Project End Date
• Last Project Index (if available)
• Project Manager
[0073] FIG.7 illustrates a sequence diagram for a user login to a PHI web application according to one embodiment of the present invention. According to the embodiment, a project user logs into the PHI web application 701 and the authentication is validated in the Azure AD Repository 702. Thereafter an audit entry is created in the PHI SQL Database 703 and a user session is created which further displays or presents the screens based on the logged in user role.
[0074] FIG.8 illustrates a sequence diagram for creating a new project through the PHI web application according to one embodiment of the present invention. According to the embodiment, a new project is created by a project manager and creating a new project include steps of retrieving project details, filling in the project stake holders, defining project deliverables and selecting the project template from the PHI SQL database 703 through the Azure AD repository 702 and presenting on the PHI web application 701.
[0075] FIG.9 illustrates a sequence diagram illustrating the steps involved in evaluating a project using the PHI web application according to one embodiment of the present invention. According to the embodiment, the technical review lead or the project manager evaluates the project. Evaluating the project include steps of displaying the project details on the PHI web application 701, selecting the review period, confirming the selection, selecting the evaluation type, build and present questionnaire form, responding to the questions, show the confirmations, finish the evaluation and store the project health index (PHI) in the PHI SQL database 703 and present the confirmation to the user.
[0076] FIG.10 illustrates a sequence diagram illustrating the steps involved in raising the delivery issue using a PHI web application according to one embodiment of the present invention. According to the embodiment, raising a delivery issue includes steps of selecting the project delivery from the PHI web application 701 by the checker, reviewer or approver, retrieving the delivery details from the PHI SQL Database 703, displaying the delivery details on the PHI web application, providing issue input and selecting the issue level, adding a new issue, creating a task for designer and displaying the confirmation on the PHI web application 701.
[0077] FIG.11 illustrates a sequence diagram illustrating the steps involved in resolving the delivery issues using a PHI web application according to one embodiment of the present invention. According to the embodiment, resolving a delivery issue includes steps of, the designer selecting the delivery through the PHI web application 701 and retrieving the details related to the delivery from the PHI SQL Database 703 and presenting it to the designer through the PHI web application 701. The data presented on the PHI web application 701 includes delivery and delivery issues and the designer selects a delivery issue and data related to the selected delivery issue is presented on the PHI web application 701. Further, inputs are provided for issues and responses with various levels are selected thereby saving the issue response and level in the PHI SQL Database 703.
[0078] FIG.12 illustrates a sequence diagram illustrating the steps involved in closing a delivery issue using a PHI web application according to one embodiment of the present invention. According to the embodiment, closing a delivery issue comprises steps which include a checker, a reviewer or an approver selecting the delivery through a PHI web application 701. Various deliveries and delivery issues are presented and a checker, a reviewer or an approver selects a delivery issue and the details pertaining to it are presented on the PHI web application 701. The checker, reviewer or an approver validates the response and closes the issue and data pertaining the same are updated into the PHI SQL database 703 and the confirmation is displayed on the PHI web application 701.
[0079] FIG.13 illustrates the program level dashboard screen depicting the project health index according to one embodiment of the present invention. Accordingly, the project health index dashboard allows the user of the system to sort projects by various parameters such as but not limited to project creation date. Further to this, the project health index dashboard also allows the user to search for projects by parameters such as but not limited to partial names too. The search one or more projects details with there project status and health details are depicted on the project health index dashboard for further analysis and decision making.
[0080] The foregoing description of the specific embodiments will so fully reveal the general nature of the embodiments herein that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily modifying and/or adapting for various applications, such specific embodiments, without departing from the generic concept, and, therefore, such adaptations and modifications should and are intended to be comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalents of the disclosed embodiments.
[0081] It is to be understood that the phraseology or terminology employed herein is for the purpose of description and not of limitation. Therefore, while the embodiments herein have been described in terms of preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize that the embodiments herein can be practiced with modification within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. ,CLAIMS:We claim,
1. A system for management and assessment of projects, the system comprising:
a data processing device capable of receiving, processing and storing data related to the projects with its attributes;
a display means to display the data related to a project being monitored;
a project management module;
a technical quality module;
an innovation and collaboration module; and
a reporting module
wherein, the project management module with the technical quality module and the innovation collaboration module receive data related to the project and computes the data with a inbuilt logic and provides the computed data to the reporting module which the reporting module projects the health and status of the projects on the display means which in turn determine the health index of the projects being monitored and assessed.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the project management module intakes data and parameters related to assessment and earned value analysis.
3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the technical quality module intakes data and parameters related to assessment and Atkins Technical assurance system (OCRA).
4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the innovation and collaboration module intakes data and parameters to project innovation and collaboration parameters.
5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the base line values and earned value analysis for the project management module is captured when a new project is created and the project management system uses the latest baseline values for the earned value analysis to determine the overall project health index.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the technical quality module tracks the progress of technical quality designs from the inception to completion and the process repeats between a checker, a reviewer and a authorizer.
7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the reporting module generates project dashboard report and charts indicating an overall project heath index along with drilled down report of project health index in project management, technical quality, innovation and collaboration areas.
8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the reporting module is configured to display one or more trend analysis report for characterizing a change in the project health index across different review periods on a display means.
9. The system according to claim 1, wherein the reporting module is configured to display a Checker Report Card report illustrating delivery issue at each stage of design progress.
10. The system according to claim 1, wherein the reporting module is configured to perform a comparison between a checker, a reviewer and an approver with the relevant scores and a traffic light warning system (Red, Amber and Green) is used to represent the health of projects on the display means.
11. The system according to claim 1, wherein the system provides a live executive dashboard for various management team levels so that the project performance portfolio can be reviewed at various management levels.
12. The system according to claim 1, wherein the system herein enables the integrated engineering design management, project management with innovation and collaboration for project to succeed thereby providing dynamic traffic light warning systems indicating the project health index.
13. The system according to claim 1, wherein the system sends alert communication emails to the key stake holders of the project regarding the status projects, low performing projects and data relating to the projects in red zone.
14. The system according to claim 1, wherein the system enables to record deliverables associated to the project thereby capturing and resolving the issues raised against deliveries.
15. The system according to claim 1, wherein the system provides a flexible and configurable evaluation criterion driven by weightages of the response provided.
16. A method for aggregating data for management and assessment of projects, the method comprising steps of:
logging into the system with project evaluator role;
selecting a project for management and assessment;
selecting the review period;
selecting the evaluation type;
loading questionnaires from the template;
filling out responses to the provided questionnaires;
fill out the findings and recommendations if any and provide severity of the finding;
upload supporting documents;
save and submit;
save evaluation in the system linked to selected project; and
show confirmation message to the user.
wherein, the project health index is calculated based upon the aggregate of the metrics revived from the project management values, technical quality values and values from innovation and collaboration quotient.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the evaluation type includes but not limited to
project management questionnaires;
technical quality questionnaires;
design reuse questionnaires; and
collaboration questionnaires.

18. The method according to claim 16, wherein the project health index is determined by the values obtained by summing the values obtained from project management module, technical quality module, innovation assessment module and collaboration assessment module.
19. The method according to claim 16, wherein the project management values are summation of assessment and earned value analysis.
20. The method according to claim 16, wherein the technical quality values are summation of assessment values and values obtained from a proprietary technical assurance system known as OCRA.
21. The method according to claim 16, wherein the status of the project is indicated through informative dashboards using the read, amber and green traffic light warning.
22. The method according to claim 16, wherein email notifications will be sent to the stake holders of the projects which are determined to be in red zone indicating or seeking immediate attention or action to be taken.
23. The method according to claim 16, wherein email notifications will be sent to the stake holders of the projects which are underperforming indicating or seeking immediate attention or action to be taken.
24. The method according to claim 16, wherein the method provides a flexible and configurable evaluation criterion driven by the weightages of the response provided.
25. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer causes the computer to perform a method for using a computer system to manage and assess one or more projects and determine the health index of the project by recording, processing and analyzing various attributes and parameters related to the project, the method comprising:
receiving, processing and storing data related to the projects with its attributes or parameters;
a project management module to receive and process data relating to project;
a technical quality module to receive and process data relating to technical quality of the projects being monitored and assessed;
an innovation and collaboration module to receive and process data relating to innovation and collaboration of the project; and
a reporting module to display the computed and analyzed project health index results onto a display means;
wherein, the project management module with the technical quality module and the innovation collaboration module receives the data related to the project and computes the data with a inbuilt logic and provides the computed data to the reporting module which the reporting module projects the health and status of the projects on the display means which in turn determine the health index of the projects being monitored and assessed.

26. The method according to claim 25, wherein the inbuilt logic to determine the project health index is determined by the values obtained by summing the values obtained from project management module, technical quality module, innovation assessment module and collaboration assessment module.
27. The method according to claim 25, wherein the values obtained by project management module are summation of assessment and earned value analysis.
28. The method according to claim 25, wherein the values obtained by technical quality module are summation of assessment values and values obtained from a proprietary technical assurance system known as OCRA.
29. The method according to claim 25, wherein the project status are indicated through informative dashboards using the read, amber and green traffic light warning displayed on the display means of data processing device.
30. The method according to claim 25, wherein email notifications will be sent to the stake holders of the projects which are determined to be in red zone indicating or seeking immediate attention or action to be taken.
31. The method according to claim 25, wherein email notifications will be sent to the stake holders of the projects which are underperforming indicating or seeking immediate attention or action to be taken.
32. The method according to claim 25, wherein the method provides a flexible and configurable evaluation criterion driven by the weightages of the response provided.

33. The method according to claim 25, wherein the base line values and earned value analysis for the project management module is captured when a new project is created and the project management system uses the latest baseline values for determining the earned value analysis and further to determine the overall health index of the project.

34. The mrthod according to claim 25, wherein the technical quality module tracks the progress of the technical quality designs from the inception to completion and the process repeats between a checking process, a reviewing process and an authorizing process.
35. The method according to claim 25, wherein the reporting module generates project dashboard report and charts indicating an overall project heath index along with the report of the project health index in project management, technical quality, innovation and collaboration areas.
36. The method according to claim 25, wherein the reporting module is configured to display one or more trend analysis report for characterizing a change in the project health index across different review periods on the display means.
37. The method according to claim 25, wherein the reporting module is configured to display a checker report card report which illustrates the delivery issue at each stage of design progress.
38. The method according to claim 25, wherein the reporting module is configured to perform a comparison between the checker process, the reviewer process and an approver process with the relevant scores and a traffic light warning method (Red, Amber and Green) is used to represent the health and status of the projects on the display means.
39. The method according to claim 25, wherein the method provides a live executive dashboard for various management team levels so that the project performance portfolio can be reviewed at various management levels.
40. The method according to claim 25, wherein the method herein enables the integrated engineering design management process, project management process with innovation and collaboration process for project to succeed thereby providing dynamic traffic light warning systems indicating the project health index.
41. The method according to claim 25, wherein the method sends alert communication emails to the key stake holders of the project regarding the status of the projects, marking projects that have low performance and other such critical data relating to the health and status of the projects in the red zone.
42. The method according to claim 25, wherein the method enables to record deliverables associated to the project thereby capturing and resolving the issues raised against deliveries.
43. The method according to claim 25, wherein the method provides a flexible and configurable evaluation criterion driven by weightages of the response provided.