System Roles

Resource Pool Administrator

Creating Resource Demand Curves

Create demand curves to serve as templates of the estimated demand for resources in a resource pool during the stages of the model a project follows. Resource Pool Administrators can create demand curves that apply to active, gated models for pools in which they are assigned as the pool owner, or for pools that do not have an assigned owner. Resource Planners can edit demand curve values and last stage durations for demand curves for resource pools that they own.

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For example, create a demand curve for the Engineering pool for a model that requires heavy engineering time at the beginning and middle of the project. The project may require two engineers in the first few stages, because more engineering resources are required in the planning, prototype, and development stages of the project. However, the project may require only half a full time engineer's time in the marketing and launch stages of the project.

Create a demand curve whose values are all zeros to confirm that a resource has been considered but that it is not needed, as opposed to a situation where a resource is overlooked.

To create a demand curve:

  1. From the Resource menu, select Demand Curves.
  2. Do one of the following:
  • To add a new demand curve - From the Pool and Model fields, select the resource pool and process model to which the demand curve applies, and then click Add New at the bottom of the Demand Curves list.
  • To edit an existing demand curve - Select the demand curve to edit from the Demand Curves list. Use the Pool and Model fields to filter the list, as necessary.

The numbers after each item in the Pool and Model fields display how many demand curves exist for each.

  1. In the Name field, enter a name, up to 64 characters long, which identifies the demand curve.

Demand curve names are not required to be unique; however, for a mass import or modification using reference tables, they must be unique for a given pool-model combination. To help avoid confusion, create unique names across all pool-model combinations.

  1. In the Values field, enter the demand, with a precision up to two decimal places, per time period in the resource pool's unit of measure. For example, 1 full time employee (FTE).
  2. Select the Active check box when the curve is ready to use for resource planning.
  3. Click Create to create a new demand curve or Apply to save your changes to an existing demand curve.

Notes:   

  • If the model begins with a stage, the duration of the first stage is from the project start date to the first gate date. If the model ends in a stage, you can specify for the final stage both a demand value and the stage's duration in time periods. The duration allows for demand for post-launch activities that occur after the project's last gate. If the model ends in a stage, and you do not enter a number of time periods for the stage to last, the duration of the last stage is from the last gate date to the project end date.
  • To modify a demand curve's resource pool or model, you must delete the curve and recreate it.
  • To delete a demand curve, display the demand curve and ensure the Active check box is cleared, then click Delete. If you need to clear the Active check box, click Apply to save the change, then click Delete.
  • Modifying or deleting a demand curve does not automatically update demand in projects. Reapply the demand curve or manually delete the values, as necessary.

  • Resource Planning is an optional Accolade component that you may not have access to. To implement this solution, contact Sopheon Customer Support .

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