Process Dashboard
The Process Dashboard is an existing PSP(SM) support tool. It was
originally developed in 1998 by the United States Air Force, and has continued
to evolve under the open-source model. It is freely available for download
under the conditions of the GNU Public
License. The Process Dashboard supports:
 | Data Collection - Time, defects, size; plan vs. actual data |
| Planning - Integrated scripts, templates, forms, and summaries,
PROBE, earned value |
| Tracking - Powerful earned value support |
| Data Analysis - Charts and reports aid in the
analysis of historical data trends. |
| Data Export - Export data into Excel, or export data
to text format for use with external tools. |
For screen shots of the Process Dashboard, click here.
For a quick start tour, click
here. To view the Process Dashboard Users Manual,
click
here.
The major strengths of the Process Dashboard are:
| Ease of use
 | Optimizes ease of collecting the most commonly performed metrics (time and defects) |
| Other process aids (scripts, forms, templates, and summaries) are just a mouse-click
away |
| Its small onscreen footprint allows the tool to coexist with integrated development
environments |
| Tasks are arranged hierarchically, mirroring project work-breakdown structure |
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| Flexibility / extensibility
| New processes and new types of data can be added without programming |
| Process scripts, templates, forms and summaries are HTML, and can therefore be created
with any HTML editor |
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| Platform independence
| 100% Java implementation runs on Windows, Unix, Linux, Macintosh, etc. |
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| Price
| Since the tool is open-source, it is distributed at no cost.
Furthermore, it does not rely upon any commercially licensed software,
so you don't need to purchase any software to use the dashboard. |
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