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Program visualizations

Written by Sam Povlich

For each program, Orchestra creates a multiple out-of-the-box visualizations from the entered data. Editing the data in the program anywhere will update the visualizations everywhere.

Use the side panel to navigate through the different visualizations.



Exporting Images

Export images by clicking on the button at the top left of each visualization to export as a .PNG

​Summary

Get an at-a-glance view of the stages, key events, critical path, and cost of the program. Use the Display button at the top right to adjust the time intervals and choose what fields to show/hide.



Process flow view

View a map of the dependencies within the program. Use the Display button to show/hide fields and to show/hide Critical Path (i.e., path of longest duration)

​Scenarios

If scenarios have been added to the program (see ), view the side-by-side comparison of when the stages and key events will fall in the scenarios vs. active.Scenarios

Timeline

View a Gantt-like chart of the objectives and key events within the program.Use the Display toolbar on the top of the timeline to customize the view:

  • Grouping: Group the swimlanes of the timeline either by stage or by tag

  • Interval: Adjust the timescale of the timeline

  • Density: View the timeline bars as condensed vs. stacked

  • Range: Adjust date range to display

  • Fields: Choose to toggle on or off Deadlines, Status and/or Risks

  • Highlight: Show Progress, Critical Path, Project timelines or Key Events

  • +Filter: Filter view via Tags (Objective) and/or Stages

The Highlight mode within the Display menu also provides additional visualization customizations:

  • Progress: Shows the completion % of the project tasks within an Objective

    • See Linking projects to program plans

  • Critical path: Highlights the critical path in red (i.e., path of longest duration)

  • Project timelines: Displays the project timelines for a project within an Objective

    • Green projects indicate the the project dates are within the planned objective dates

    • Orange projects indicate that the project is overrunning the planned dates.

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