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Release 9.44 November 16th 2026

New Features

  • Configurable Project Health Calculation: Project Health is no longer a fixed, one-size-fits-all formula. You can now tailor how health is calculated to match the way your organization evaluates projects. Start by defining phases based on the project’s percent complete (for example, early, mid, and late stages). Then assign weights within each phase to the three metrics that drive health: Schedule Quality, SPI, and Compression. This lets you emphasize what matters most at each point in the project lifecycle. For example, you might weight Schedule Quality more heavily early on and shift toward SPI as the project nears completion.
  • Complete DCMA 14-Point Assessment: We’ve added four new Schedule Quality metrics, so SmartPM now covers the full DCMA 14-Point Assessment:
    • Critical Path Test (CPT): Checks the integrity of the critical path. When a delay is introduced to a critical activity, the project completion date should move by the same amount.
    • Critical Path Length Index (CPLI): Measures how realistic it is to finish the project on time by comparing the remaining critical path length plus total float against the critical path length.
    • Baseline Execution Index (BEI): Compares the number of tasks actually completed with the number that were planned to be complete by the data date in the baseline.
    • Missed Tasks: Identifies the percentage of tasks that were scheduled to finish by the data date but did not.
  • Comments in Milestones and Checklists: You can now add comments directly to Milestones and Checklists. Use them to share context, note decisions, or work with your team without leaving the page.
  • Column Tooltips: Every column header now has a tooltip that explains what the column represents. Hover over the i icon in the column name to see its definition.
  • Grouping in the Custom Executive Report Overview Table: You can now group records in the Overview table of Custom Executive Reporting. Group by a set of out-of-the-box fields or by any of your Metadata fields to organize projects in the way that best suits your audience.
  • Color-Coded Records in the Custom Executive Report Overview Table: You can also color-code records in the Overview table. Use this to highlight risk, priority, or any other classification that fits your process. To set it up:
    1. Create a Metadata field and give it any name you like, such as “Risk Level” or “Priority.”
    2. Set its options to exactly Low, Medium, and High.
    3. In the Overview table, choose that Metadata field to color the records.
    Note: Coloring works only with Metadata whose options are Low, Medium, and High.

Bug Fixes

  • Quality Page Links: Fixed several broken links on the Quality page.
  • Planned vs. Actual Chart: Fixed a display issue where the Late Planned line could appear above the Early Planned line.
  • LOE Activity Export: Fixed an issue that prevented Level of Effort (LOE) activities from exporting correctly.
  • Long Activity Names: Added validation for long activity names so they no longer cause errors.