Labor Budget Projections tab

The Labor Budget Projections tab uses data from the Labor Budget tab in combination with the project schedule to help project managers determine how many FTEs they can afford for a project based on the available fees and project schedule. Using the filtering, sorting and grouping options available on the tab, this information can be viewed from multiple perspectives, including project, office, discipline or across the firm.

To access this tab

On the Projections and Analysis window, click the Staffing Projections tab.

Data grid

The following fields are displayed in the data grid. All the fields are read-only. Data can be grouped, filtered and sorted using the column headers. This allows project managers to quickly view the available information from different perspectives.

Field	Description
Active / Opportunity	Indicates whether the effort is an active project (regular, promotional or overhead) or an opportunity.
Project Number	The project number.
Project Name	The project name.
Office	The office assigned to the project.
Client	The client affiliated with the project. Values are imported from the accounting system.
Project Manager	The project manager for the project.
Phase Name	The phase name.
Phase Starts	The start date for the phase from the Schedule tab.
Phase Ends	The end date for the phase from the Schedule tab.
Probability	The probability that the project will occur. Regular, Promotional and Overhead projects are generally 100% probable while Opportunities will generally have a probability of less than 100%.
Discipline	The discipline associated with the phase. The Labor Budget Projections tab displays one row for each combination of phase and discipline on a project.
Budget (hours)	Displays the total hours budgeted for the phase for the selected discipline from the Labor Budget tab.
Budget (dollars)	Displays the total dollars budgeted for the phase for the selected discipline from the Labor Budget tab.
Total	The total number of billing periods spanned by the phase. The billing period Start Cut-Off and End Cut-Off dates are configured on the General Settings tab in System Configuration.
Complete	The percent complete of the time for the phase. Calculated by dividing the number of elapsed months in the phase by the total number of months in the phase. The start and end date of each month is determined by the billing cut-off dates.
Remaining	The number of billing periods remaining for the phase.
Monthly Columns	Monthly columns display projected labor budget going forward two years in FTEs. FTEs values are shown to two decimal points.