Overall appearance

Conventions used

Enter data into light blue

areas

Calculated data appears in medium

blue areas

Parameter values used in calculations appear in

cream areas

Table labels are pale green and have an

associated comment describing the table.

Heading text appears against a pale orange

background

An orange background is used to draw attention to

important data

Functional layout

Enter counts of items that drive work

volume

Convert counts to general

notional units of work

Convert general notional units to notional units for

each core work type

Enter core staff levels

Convert notional to actual work

Rate scaling factors

Convert to scale value

Calculate phase durations and FTE by work type

Apply scale values Phase duration limit

adjustment work area

FTE override adjustment work area

Enter charge rates Summary of time,

costs, rates and phase durationsAdjustment

switches

Introduction

Calculation of notional core work effort - context

Calculation of notional core work effort - detail

Input area for volumes (counts) of items that

drive work effort

Calculation area that converts counts in area A to notional work units via

parameters in area B

Parameters that specify notional work units for each count in area A

Parameters that specifiy the level of work effort for each

core role for each work effort driver in area A

A B C D E

Calculation area that converts notional work

units in area C to notional work units per core role via parameters in area D

C=AxB E=CxD

TOTAL TOTAL

TO

TA

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Conversion of notional core work effort to actual effort - context

Calculation of notional core work effort - detail

Input area for core resource numbers by

skill level

Parameters that specify notional work effort to

actual work effort conversion for each core

role and skill level

Calculation area that converts core notional

work units to actual days of effort per core role using the resources

specified in area A via parameters in area B

A B C

C=notional xweighted(AxB)

TOTAL

Project duration and FTE calculation - context

Project duration and FTE calculation - detail

Parameters that specify the profile of work effort

for each core role across the project phases

Calculation area that determines the elapsed days for each phase for each core role by applying the

work profiles in area A to the actual work effort

Calculation area that determines the FTE for

each phase for each core role by considering the

core resources and phase durations

A B CMA

X

TO

TA

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B = Actual x A

C = Resources xB(detail) / B(max)