Project PULSE

Project Understanding & Lifecycle Status Engine

Real-time project health monitoring and stakeholder visibility for your modernization initiatives.

What is PULSE?

PULSE is AIM's strategic project oversight layer that transforms your modernization recommendations into an actionable project timeline with real-time health monitoring.

Unlike traditional project management tools that focus on task-level tracking, PULSE provides executive-level visibility into modernization progress, risks, and milestones. It's designed for leadership, IT councils, and external stakeholders who need to understand project health at a glance—without diving into implementation details.

PULSE is NOT a Ticketing System

PULSE is intentionally strategic, not tactical. It doesn't replace Jira, Asana, or Azure DevOps for day-to-day task management. Instead, PULSE provides a high-level project heartbeat that leadership, councils, and external stakeholders can understand at a glance—without getting lost in tickets and sprints.

Core Features

Health Score

A computed 0-100 score reflecting overall project health based on multiple factors:

  • Timeline adherence and drift
  • Constraint satisfaction
  • Risk levels across epics
  • Team capacity utilization
90-100: Stable70-89: Elevated50-69: At Risk<50: Critical

Epics & Milestones

Major workstreams derived from AIM recommendations. Each epic tracks:

  • Status — Current state of the epic (see below)
  • Risk Score (0-10) — Likelihood × impact if it slips
  • Value Score (0-10) — How much it matters to outcomes
  • Constraints — Dependencies tied to C-codes

Epic Status Definitions:

Not StartedWork has not begun on this epic
In ProgressWork is actively underway
At RiskProgressing but may miss deadline or deliverables
BlockedCannot proceed due to dependency or external factor
DoneComplete and verified by designated lead

Designated Lead Workflow

Project Managers or designated leads own milestone sign-offs—keeping PULSE strategic, not tactical.

How it works:

  1. Team members update status externally (email, Slack, standups)
  2. Designated Lead synthesizes updates
  3. Lead attests to milestone completion in PULSE
  4. Attestation creates audit trail with name & timestamp

Public Embed Dashboard

Share a secure, read-only EKG-style timeline on external websites like city portals or council dashboards.

Secure token-based authentication
Sanitized data (no internal names/emails)
Domain allowlist for embedding security
Simple iframe embed code

The EKG Timeline

PULSE displays project progress as an EKG-style heartbeat that pulses and glows as milestones complete.

✓ Discovery
Complete
✓ Design
Complete
● Build
In Progress
○ Test
Pending
○ Deploy
Pending
On Track
Approaching Deadline
Overdue

Getting Started with PULSE

1

Create an Assessment

Start by creating an AIM assessment for your modernization project. Add systems, constraints, and risks.

2

Generate Recommendations

Let AIM analyze your environment and produce RAO-scored modernization recommendations.

3

Launch PULSE

Click the PULSE badge on your assessment to activate project tracking. Recommendations become epics.

Ready to monitor your modernization?

Start your first AIM assessment and unlock PULSE for strategic project visibility.