Why is a task late or at risk?

Tasks

• Late: not done, and its finish date is before today. Days late are the workdays since the finish date.
• At risk (not late yet), when any one is true: it's Blocked; it has started and its % done is 25 or more points behind the share of its workdays that have passed; or its start date has passed and it's still Not started.
• Upcoming starts after today. On track is moving at the pace its dates need.

Projects and phases

Projects say Behind rather than Late.

• Behind: a milestone is late, the forecast finish is after the target finish, or 10% or more of the tasks due so far are late.
• At risk: any task is late or blocked, or 3 or more tasks are at risk.
• Otherwise On track, unless the project is on hold, finished, not started yet or has no schedule.

Fix it

• Update the task: set % done, or mark it In progress or Done. Work the crew finished but nobody marked done still counts as late.
• If the plan changed, move the dates. See Move tasks and shift dates.
• Use the Late and Blocked quick views on a schedule, or Behind on the Projects page, to find them.

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