{"id":522,"date":"2025-08-01T09:58:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T09:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/?post_type=wz_knowledgebase&#038;p=522"},"modified":"2025-08-01T13:35:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:35:01","slug":"navigating-your-project-the-overview-dashboard","status":"publish","type":"wz_knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/knowledgebase\/navigating-your-project-the-overview-dashboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Your Project Overview Dashboard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Audience:<\/strong>&nbsp;All users who have just created their first project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Goal:<\/strong>&nbsp;To explain each component of the main Project Overview dashboard so users can quickly understand their project&#8217;s status and know where to find key information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Navigating Your Project: The Overview Dashboard<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations on creating your new project! You&#8217;ve now landed on the&nbsp;<strong>Overview<\/strong>&nbsp;dashboard, your central command center. This page gives you a real-time, at-a-glance summary of your project&#8217;s health and upcoming activities. Let&#8217;s explore each section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eeeff1\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eeeff1;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"532\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: min(42rem, 1024px)) 100vw, min(42rem, 1024px)\" src=\"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-36-1024x532.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-523 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-36-1024x532.avif 1024w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-36-300x156.avif 300w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-36-768x399.avif 768w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-36-1536x797.avif 1536w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-36.avif 1905w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Personal Advisor<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Think of the Personal Advisor as your built-in AI consultant. It&#8217;s designed to proactively analyze your project and provide high-level recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>How to use it:<\/strong>&nbsp;Click the&nbsp;<strong>Analyze Project Status<\/strong>&nbsp;button. The AI will assess your project&#8217;s current state\u2014including task progress, approaching deadlines, and resource allocation\u2014and provide actionable insights and warnings directly in this box.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can save the advisory as a KB Note so you can always have access to any point in time at the project status.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eaebed\" data-has-transparency=\"true\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eaebed;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"529\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: min(42rem, 1024px)) 100vw, min(42rem, 1024px)\" src=\"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-37-1024x529.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-524 has-transparency\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-37-1024x529.avif 1024w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-37-300x155.avif 300w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-37-768x397.avif 768w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-37-1536x794.avif 1536w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-37.avif 1902w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Project Lifecycle Stages<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This tool helps you understand where your project stands in the grand scheme of a standard project lifecycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>How to use it:<\/strong>&nbsp;Click&nbsp;<strong>Evaluate Stages<\/strong>. The AI will analyze your progress and map it to the five standard phases: Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring &amp; Control, and Closure. This is useful for high-level reporting and strategic planning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e5ece5\" data-has-transparency=\"true\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e5ece5;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"534\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: min(42rem, 1024px)) 100vw, min(42rem, 1024px)\" src=\"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-38-1024x534.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-525 has-transparency\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-38-1024x534.avif 1024w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-38-300x156.avif 300w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-38-768x401.avif 768w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-38-1536x801.avif 1536w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-38.avif 1904w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Project Overview At-a-Glance<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This is your vital signs monitor for the project, giving you the most critical metrics in four simple cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"fafafa\" data-has-transparency=\"true\" style=\"--dominant-color: #fafafa;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"235\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: min(42rem, 1024px)) 100vw, min(42rem, 1024px)\" src=\"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-39-1024x235.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-526 has-transparency\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-39-1024x235.avif 1024w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-39-300x69.avif 300w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-39-768x176.avif 768w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-39-1536x352.avif 1536w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-39.avif 1630w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Task Progress:<\/strong>&nbsp;Shows how much work is done versus how much is left. It breaks down the total tasks (e.g., 0\/32 completed) and lists the number of tasks currently&nbsp;In Progress,&nbsp;Pending, or&nbsp;Overdue.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Time Investment:<\/strong>&nbsp;Tracks the human effort on the project. It compares the total&nbsp;Estimated&nbsp;hours (calculated by the AI) against the&nbsp;Actual Hours Logged&nbsp;by your team.&nbsp;Utilization&nbsp;shows this as a percentage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Team Status:<\/strong>&nbsp;Gives a quick overview of your team, showing the&nbsp;Total Members&nbsp;assigned to the project and the average number of&nbsp;Tasks Per Member.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Budget Status:<\/strong>&nbsp;Provides a top-level summary of your project&#8217;s finances, including the&nbsp;Total Budget, how much has been&nbsp;Approved, and how much has been&nbsp;Paid&nbsp;to vendors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. Project Critical Path<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This is one of the most powerful analytical tools in CoMng.AI. The critical path is the sequence of tasks that directly determines the project&#8217;s earliest possible completion date. A delay in any task on this path will delay the entire project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>How to use it:<\/strong>&nbsp;Click the red&nbsp;<strong>Analyze Critical Path<\/strong>&nbsp;button. The AI will identify and display this crucial sequence of tasks, allowing you to focus your management attention where it matters most to prevent delays.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f8eeec\" data-has-transparency=\"true\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f8eeec;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: min(42rem, 1024px)) 100vw, min(42rem, 1024px)\" src=\"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-40-1024x536.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-527 has-transparency\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-40-1024x536.avif 1024w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-40-300x157.avif 300w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-40-768x402.avif 768w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-40-1536x804.avif 1536w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-40.avif 1608w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>5. Project Timeline<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The timeline provides a detailed, chronological feed of all your project&#8217;s scheduled events. It&#8217;s your day-to-day guide for what needs to happen and when.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>What you&#8217;ll see:<\/strong>&nbsp;You will see a list of tasks (indicated by a checkmark icon) and major&nbsp;<strong>Milestones<\/strong>&nbsp;(indicated by a red flag icon) ordered by their due dates.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Save as Note:<\/strong>&nbsp;At the top right of the timeline, you&#8217;ll find a&nbsp;<strong>Save as Note<\/strong>&nbsp;button. Clicking this captures a snapshot of the current timeline and saves it as a permanent record in your project&#8217;s Knowledge Base. This is perfect for creating historical records for weekly reports or comparing progress over time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f2f1f1\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f2f1f1;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"529\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: min(42rem, 1024px)) 100vw, min(42rem, 1024px)\" src=\"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-41-1024x529.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-528 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-41-1024x529.avif 1024w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-41-300x155.avif 300w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-41-768x397.avif 768w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-41-1536x794.avif 1536w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-41.avif 1907w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/knowledgebase\/managing-your-projects-foundation-the-settings-page\/\">Managing Your Project&#8217;s Foundation: The Settings Page<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explain each component of the main Project Overview dashboard so users can quickly understand their project&#8217;s status and know where to find key information<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"wzkb_category":[148],"wzkb_tag":[150,175,172,177,149,155,176,174,179,178],"class_list":["post-522","wz_knowledgebase","type-wz_knowledgebase","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","wzkb_category-basic","wzkb_tag-comng-ai","wzkb_tag-dashboard-navigation","wzkb_tag-project-dashboard","wzkb_tag-project-insights","wzkb_tag-project-management","wzkb_tag-project-managers","wzkb_tag-project-monitoring","wzkb_tag-project-overview","wzkb_tag-project-tracking","wzkb_tag-user-interface"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wz_knowledgebase\/522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wz_knowledgebase"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wz_knowledgebase"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wz_knowledgebase\/522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":713,"href":"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wz_knowledgebase\/522\/revisions\/713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wzkb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wzkb_category?post=522"},{"taxonomy":"wzkb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wzkb_tag?post=522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}