What is On-Time Completion Rate?
Share of projects completed by deadline.
How to calculate it
Calculate On-Time Completion Rate as: Projects on time / Total projects × 100. Pull the inputs from your connected data and track the trend over time in your dashboard.
Examples
Example 1
18 of 20 projects shipped by deadline -> 90% on-time completion.
Example 2
18 of 20 projects ship by their deadline -> 90% on-time completion; investigating the two late ones reveals a recurring dependency bottleneck.
Why it matters
On-time completion rate is the share of projects completed by their deadline and is a core measure of delivery reliability. Consistent on-time delivery builds trust with stakeholders and customers and makes planning dependable. Quietly rebaselining deadlines hides slippage and inflates the metric.
Benchmark context
Higher is better; benchmark against your own historical baseline, since project type and complexity make external comparison unreliable.
Common pitfalls
Rebaselining hides slippage.
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