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Define Requirement Effort Budget and Estimates

Define the requirement effort properties using the Effort section on the requirement properties page.

The budgeted effort amount displayed on the page is the requirement budgeted effort. The effort does not aggregate up or down the hierarchy of requirements, but is used in the top-down planning cycles. The effort represents the effort allocated to deliver the requirement.

The estimated effort is the aggregated one for the hierarchy of requirements. Effort estimates are used in bottom-up scoping cycles and represent the planned work to deliver a requirement. The total effort estimates include the estimated requirement effort plus its descendant requirement effort estimates.

The work effort default display unit is recorded in hours. The CA Clarity PPM administrator defines the work effort display unit.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the requirement.

   The general page appears.

2. Define the following fields in the Effort section of the page, and save:

   Effort (Budget)

   Defines your organization budgeted effort amount to deliver the requirement.

   Effort (Estimate)

   Defines your organization estimated effort to deliver the requirement.

   Aggregate Effort (Estimate)

   The total requirement includes the estimated child requirement effort to deliver the requirement. The formula is:

   Aggregate Effort (Estimate) = Effort (Estimate) + Child Requirement Effort (Estimate)