Project Health
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Project Health is a scorecard shown at the top of the Observatory landing page. It gives an at-a-glance read on how a project is doing right now — an overall score out of 100 plus a breakdown across the dimensions that make up quality.
Use Project Health for a quick status check before opening individual panels, and as the signal behind Recommendations.
What The Scorecard Shows
Section titled “What The Scorecard Shows”The scorecard has two parts:
- Overall Health — a single score from 0 to 100 with a status word (Healthy, Needs Attention, At Risk, or Not Ready).
- Dimension bars — a bar per dimension, each with its own score and tier colour. Hover a bar to see how that score was reached.
The scores are calculated from the same project data as the Coverage, Execution Summary, and Defect Aging reports, so the numbers stay consistent with those pages.
Health Dimensions
Section titled “Health Dimensions”| Dimension | What it measures |
|---|---|
| Automation | Share of test cases that are automated. |
| Coverage | Share of requirements that have at least one linked test. |
| Execution | Share of planned tests that have been executed. |
| Quality | Pass rate of executed tests. |
| Defect Health | Starts at 100 and subtracts penalties for open critical/blocker defects, stale high-severity defects, overdue open defects, and an elevated reopen rate. |
The Overall score is a weighted average of the dimensions, with Quality and Defect Health carrying the most weight, followed by Coverage, then Automation and Execution.
Score Bands
Section titled “Score Bands”Every score maps to one of four tiers:
| Score | Tier | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 80–100 | Healthy | In good shape. |
| 60–79 | Needs Attention | Some risk worth watching. |
| 40–59 | At Risk | Meaningful gaps to address. |
| Below 40 | Not Ready | Significant work required. |
Young And Empty Projects
Section titled “Young And Empty Projects”Project Health only scores dimensions that have data to measure, so a new project is not dragged down for work it hasn’t started:
- A project with no test cases omits Automation.
- A project with no requirements omits Coverage.
- A project with nothing executed omits Execution and Quality.
The scorecard does not appear at all for a project that has no test cases, requirements, or defects.
Permissions
Section titled “Permissions”The scorecard is part of Observatory, available to workspace owners and managers, and to project managers, coordinators, and members. Project viewers do not have access to Observatory.
Next Steps
Section titled “Next Steps”- Act on the scorecard with Recommendations
- Review coverage in depth in the Coverage report
- Track release readiness with Release Readiness