Total and Average Downtime KPI

Total and Average Downtime KPI

Total and Average Downtime KPI is a project management key performance indicator that measures the time the resources cannot work on project due to circumstances beyond their control, for example, when a resource is not assigned to project tasks; the materials are unavailable or there are power cuts off.  This KPI is required to estimate total and average downtime hours of your projects.

To define Total and Average Downtime KPI values please follow the steps below:

• Create the custom field "Downtime"



• To enable the displaying of total and average value of this KPI select the root or parent task group and click "Custom fields options"



• In "Edit custom fields options" window select the following options:
  • select custom field "Downtime"
  • select "This Task Group" in the field "Settings for"
  • select "Enable"
  • check "Aggregated (for task group)
  • to display  the total  downtime hours for projects select "Sum" and the custom field name "Downtime"



• to display  the average downtime hours for projects select "Average" and the custom field name "Downtime"





Total Downtime KPI for projects on Task Tree



Average Downtime KPI for projects on Task Tree