Manual versus computed health
Many teams set project health by hand in a weekly status update. That is quick, but it reflects whoever wrote the update and tends to stay green until a deadline is missed.
A computed score reads the work itself every day. It cannot be optimistic on anyone's behalf, and when it moves it can point at the exact items responsible.
What a useful score measures
The signals that most often precede a missed deadline are simple to detect:
- Work past its due date.
- Work waiting on another open item.
- Work nobody has touched for several days.
- High-priority work with no owner.
- Reviews that have been waiting too long.
How Worksynk does it
Worksynk computes a delivery confidence score for every project from exactly these signals, captures it daily, and lists the work items behind every drop.