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Terms Used in Capacity Planning Scenarios

The following terms are introduced in capacity planning scenarios:

Capacity

The total availability of resources grouped by resources, roles, or OBS units.

Demand

Demand is the sum of all task assignments by investment allocation. Demand consists of one of the following:

• Allocation demand or the time that a resource is designated to perform work on an investment.
• Assignment demand or the total of the task assignment in an investment. Task assignment information sums actual and estimate-to-complete (ETC), and is also named assignment demand.

Unfilled Demand

The demand to which roles are allocated for an investment.

Unused/Available Capacity

The total capacity minus total allocation demand. Negative unused capacity indicates over-allocation.

Unassigned Work

The total investment allocation minus total investment assignment allocation. Negative unassigned work shows where the assignment allocation exceeds the investment allocation.