diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/resources/pipelinerunstate.go b/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/resources/pipelinerunstate.go
index b2e4a09627c..4fe91ed0f5e 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/resources/pipelinerunstate.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/resources/pipelinerunstate.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package resources
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
 
 	"github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1beta1"
 	"github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/pkg/reconciler/pipeline/dag"
@@ -193,53 +192,30 @@ func (facts *PipelineRunFacts) GetPipelineConditionStatus(pr *v1beta1.PipelineRu
 		}
 	}
 
-	allTasks := []string{}
-	withStatusTasks := []string{}
-	skipTasks := []v1beta1.SkippedTask{}
-	failedTasks := int(0)
-	cancelledTasks := int(0)
-	reason := v1beta1.PipelineRunReasonSuccessful.String()
-
-	// Check to see if all tasks are success or skipped
-	//
-	// The completion reason is also calculated here, but it will only be used
-	// if all tasks are completed.
-	//
-	// The pipeline run completion reason is set from the taskrun completion reason
-	// according to the following logic:
-	//
-	// - All successful: ReasonSucceeded
-	// - Some successful, some skipped: ReasonCompleted
-	// - Some cancelled, none failed: ReasonCancelled
-	// - At least one failed: ReasonFailed
-	for _, rprt := range facts.State {
-		allTasks = append(allTasks, rprt.PipelineTask.Name)
-		switch {
-		case rprt.IsSuccessful():
-			withStatusTasks = append(withStatusTasks, rprt.PipelineTask.Name)
-		case rprt.Skip(facts):
-			withStatusTasks = append(withStatusTasks, rprt.PipelineTask.Name)
-			skipTasks = append(skipTasks, v1beta1.SkippedTask{Name: rprt.PipelineTask.Name})
-			// At least one is skipped and no failure yet, mark as completed
-			if reason == v1beta1.PipelineRunReasonSuccessful.String() {
-				reason = v1beta1.PipelineRunReasonCompleted.String()
-			}
-		case rprt.IsCancelled():
-			cancelledTasks++
-			withStatusTasks = append(withStatusTasks, rprt.PipelineTask.Name)
-			if reason != v1beta1.PipelineRunReasonFailed.String() {
-				reason = v1beta1.PipelineRunReasonCancelled.String()
-			}
-		case rprt.IsFailure():
-			withStatusTasks = append(withStatusTasks, rprt.PipelineTask.Name)
-			failedTasks++
-			reason = v1beta1.PipelineRunReasonFailed.String()
-		}
-	}
+	// report the count in PipelineRun Status
+	//  get the count of successful tasks, failed tasks, cancelled tasks, skipped task, and incomplete tasks
+	sTasks, fTasks, cTasks, skTasks, iTasks := facts.getPipelineTasksCount()
+	// completed task is a collection of successful, failed, cancelled tasks (skipped tasks are reported separately)
+	cmTasks := sTasks + fTasks + cTasks
 
-	if reflect.DeepEqual(allTasks, withStatusTasks) {
+	// The completion reason is set from the TaskRun completion reason
+	// by default, set it to ReasonRunning
+	reason := v1beta1.PipelineRunReasonRunning.String()
+
+	if facts.checkAllTasksDone() {
 		status := corev1.ConditionTrue
-		if failedTasks > 0 || cancelledTasks > 0 {
+		reason := v1beta1.PipelineRunReasonSuccessful.String()
+		// Set reason to ReasonCompleted - At least one is skipped
+		if skTasks > 0 {
+			reason = v1beta1.PipelineRunReasonCompleted.String()
+		}
+		// Set reason to ReasonFailed - At least one failed
+		if fTasks > 0 {
+			reason = v1beta1.PipelineRunReasonFailed.String()
+			status = corev1.ConditionFalse
+			// Set reason to ReasonCancelled - At least one is cancelled and no failure yet
+		} else if cTasks > 0 {
+			reason = v1beta1.PipelineRunReasonCancelled.String()
 			status = corev1.ConditionFalse
 		}
 		logger.Infof("All TaskRuns have finished for PipelineRun %s so it has finished", pr.Name)
@@ -248,7 +224,7 @@ func (facts *PipelineRunFacts) GetPipelineConditionStatus(pr *v1beta1.PipelineRu
 			Status: status,
 			Reason: reason,
 			Message: fmt.Sprintf("Tasks Completed: %d (Failed: %d, Cancelled %d), Skipped: %d",
-				len(allTasks)-len(skipTasks), failedTasks, cancelledTasks, len(skipTasks)),
+				cmTasks, fTasks, cTasks, skTasks),
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -256,20 +232,21 @@ func (facts *PipelineRunFacts) GetPipelineConditionStatus(pr *v1beta1.PipelineRu
 	// transition pipeline into stopping state when one of the tasks(dag/final) cancelled or one of the dag tasks failed
 	// for a pipeline with final tasks, single dag task failure does not transition to interim stopping state
 	// pipeline stays in running state until all final tasks are done before transitioning to failed state
-	if cancelledTasks > 0 || (failedTasks > 0 && facts.CheckFinalTasksDone()) {
+	if cTasks > 0 || (fTasks > 0 && facts.CheckFinalTasksDone()) {
 		reason = v1beta1.PipelineRunReasonStopping.String()
-	} else {
-		reason = v1beta1.PipelineRunReasonRunning.String()
 	}
+
+	// return the status
 	return &apis.Condition{
 		Type:   apis.ConditionSucceeded,
 		Status: corev1.ConditionUnknown,
 		Reason: reason,
 		Message: fmt.Sprintf("Tasks Completed: %d (Failed: %d, Cancelled %d), Incomplete: %d, Skipped: %d",
-			len(withStatusTasks)-len(skipTasks), failedTasks, cancelledTasks, len(allTasks)-len(withStatusTasks), len(skipTasks)),
+			cmTasks, fTasks, cTasks, iTasks, skTasks),
 	}
 }
 
+// GetSkippedTasks constructs a list of SkippedTask struct to be included in the PipelineRun Status
 func (facts *PipelineRunFacts) GetSkippedTasks() []v1beta1.SkippedTask {
 	skipped := []v1beta1.SkippedTask{}
 	for _, rprt := range facts.State {
@@ -329,6 +306,48 @@ func (state PipelineRunState) GetTaskRunsStatus(pr *v1beta1.PipelineRun) map[str
 	return status
 }
 
+// checkAllTasksDone returns true if all DAG and finally tasks have been visited and executed
+// tasks could have either executed successfully or failed or cancelled or skipped
+func (facts *PipelineRunFacts) checkAllTasksDone() bool {
+	for _, t := range facts.State {
+		if t.TaskRun == nil {
+			if t.Skip(facts) {
+				continue
+			}
+			return false
+		}
+		if !t.IsDone() && !t.IsCancelled() {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// getPipelineTasksCount returns the count of successful tasks, failed tasks, cancelled tasks, skipped task, and incomplete tasks
+func (facts *PipelineRunFacts) getPipelineTasksCount() (int, int, int, int, int) {
+	s, f, c, sk, i := 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
+	for _, t := range facts.State {
+		switch {
+		// increment success counter since the task is successful
+		case t.IsSuccessful():
+			s++
+		// increment failure counter since the task has failed
+		case t.IsFailure():
+			f++
+		// increment cancelled counter since the task is cancelled
+		case t.IsCancelled():
+			c++
+		// increment skip counter since the task is skipped
+		case t.Skip(facts):
+			sk++
+		// increment incomplete counter since the task is pending and not executed yet
+		default:
+			i++
+		}
+	}
+	return s, f, c, sk, i
+}
+
 func (facts *PipelineRunFacts) isDAGTask(pipelineTaskName string) bool {
 	if _, ok := facts.TasksGraph.Nodes[pipelineTaskName]; ok {
 		return true