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Pending Estimates Review Portlet

Depending on whether more or less time is required for a task, a team member can increase or decrease the ETC on a task. They can do this using Timesheets. However, the project manager must approve these modifications before the change is reflected in CA Clarity PPM.

The Pending Estimates Review portlet displays pending estimates and recommended changes by project, task and resource. Use this portlet to compare pending estimates to planned estimates by task and by resource.

This portlet displays the following fields:

Project

Displays the project name. Click a project name to view the project properties.

Task

Displays the name of the task. Click a task name to view the task properties.

Resource

Displays the name of the resource assigned to the task. Click a resource name to view the resource assignment properties page.

Start

Displays the start date of the task assignment.

Finish

Displays the finish date of the task assignment.

Pending ETC

Displays the ETC amount that was added to the timesheet.

Plan ETC

Displays the ETC amount that was initially assigned to the task.

Pending Actuals

Displays the amount of unposted actuals for the task.

Adjusted Plan ETC

Displays the adjusted plan ETC amount.

Formula: (Plan ETC – Pending Actuals)

Recommended Change in ETC

Displays the ETC amount that is the recommended change to the current Plan ETC.

Formula: (Pending ETC – Adjusted Plan ETC)

Increase/Decrease in ETC

Displays a stoplight indicating the recommended change in ETC.

Stoplights: