Progress Pulse

Excel: enter your data on Upload and leave the headings in row 1. Example shows the format. Save as .xlsx and upload it directly. You can also copy the headings and rows from Excel and paste them alongside.

Progress is a number from 0 to 100. Enter 25 or 25%. Do not use decimal fractions such as 0.25 to mean 25%.

1. Enter the planned and actual cumulative progress for each activity at each reporting date.
2. The progress gap is Actual % minus Planned %.
3. Movement is this period’s gap minus the gap at the previous reporting date.
4. A positive movement goes above the line. A negative movement goes below it. Unchanged records sit in their own row.
5. The first period, or a missing record in the previous period, has no comparison. The tool does not invent a previous value.

The chart counts activities, not percentage points. Colour shows how much the gap moved. Each reporting period compares with the previous date in the whole uploaded dataset. Keep one consistent reporting calendar.

Movements smaller than 0.05 pp are treated as unchanged to avoid noise from rounding. A missing record is not the same as no movement. No totals are weighted or presented as overall programme progress.

The sample is a fictional 24 activity substation upgrade across ten weekly reporting dates. Its notes describe access restrictions, design approvals, factory slots, ground conditions and testing decisions. It is not client data.