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Understand time-phased data fields

Standard Work Item Fields

The table below describes the fields used in AdaptiveWork for Financial Planning and include manually-entered fields and calculated (‘formula-based’) KPIs. 

Field

Definition

From Financial Plan

Can be Manually Set

Formula-Based

Budgeted Amount

A top-down budget amount total. The amount allocated to the Project.

 

 

Budgeted Cost

A rolling-up cost field. Also known as Budget at Completion. (Planned Work * Hourly Cost Rates) + Non-Labor Budget Costs

 

Budget Variance

Budgeted Amount - Budgeted Cost

 

 

Actual Cost

Work Item progress + Non-Labor Actual Costs

 

% Invested

(Actual Cost / Budgeted Cost) %

 

 

Expected Revenue

(Planned Work * Hourly Billing Rates) + Billable Non-Labor Budget Revenue

 

Actual Revenue

(Timesheets Duration * Hourly Billing Rates) + Billable Non-Labor Actual Revenue + Actual Billed Expenses

 

Remaining Budget

Budgeted Amount - Actual Cost

 

 

Cost Balance

Budgeted Cost - Actual Cost

 

 

CPI

Cost Performance Index. Earned Value / Actual Costs

 

 

SPI

Schedule Performance Index. Earned Value / Planned Value

 

 

Planned Value

Expected Progress * Budgeted Cost. This is not displayed but is calculated on a daily basis.

 

 

Expected Progress

A linear projection of a task’s work distributed over that task’s duration as defined in the Work Plan. It’s affected if you update the Work or the Duration. When assigned to a resource, the work is assigned to that resource’s work load according to that person’s availability (working hours and time off). This is the task’s Resource Load.

Example:

Project 1 has 2 tasks:

Task A is an 8 hour task. And has one resource (let’s call him “Bob”). Bob has an 8 hour work day and full availability to take on new project work, so we expect Bob to complete the task in one day.

Task B is a 3 day task. It has a dependency on task A, so that it is scheduled to start only after A is complete. Again it has only one person, Bob, assigned to do the work. As AdaptiveWork only takes into account working hours, the 3 day task with a single resource is the equivalent of 24 person/hours of work (that is: 8h * 3 = 24h).

 

 

Earned Value

Budgeted Cost of Work Performed (BCWP). Completed Work expressed in terms of the Budgeted Cost.

 

 

Cost Variance

Earned value - Actual Cost

 

 

ETC

(Budgeted Cost - EV)/(CPI*SPI). A forecast of how much more money will need to be spent to complete the project.

 

 

EAC

Estimate at Complete = Actual Cost + Estimate to Complete

 

 

Budget Net Revenue

Budget Net Revenue = Budget Labor Revenue + Budget Revenue of BILLABLE 'internal' Non-Labor Resources + Planned Profit of 3rd Party Non-Labor Resources

 

 

 

Planned Net Margin %

(Planned Profit / Budget Net Revenue) * 100

 

 

 

Suggested Revenue

When Project's Labor Budget = Task Assignment, uses Work x Rates. When Project's Labor Budget = Project Assignment, uses Project Assignment x Rates"" AND Budget Revenue from Non-Labor Resources.

 

 

 

Actual Net Revenue

Actual Revenue of billable 'internal' Non-Labor Resources AND Actual Profit of billable 3rd Party Non-Labor Resources AND (Actual Effort x Rates).

See note below table

 

 

 

Actual Contribution %

(Actual Profit / Actual Net Revenue) * 100

 

 

 

Revenue EV

Labor = Actual Effort * Rates. Non-labor = actual margin of billable non labor

 

 

 

Suggested Net Revenue

When Project's Labor Budget = Task Assignment, uses Work x Rates. When Project's Labor Budget = Project Assignment, uses Project Assignment x Rates. For Non-Labor, Planned Profit of billable of 3rd Party Non Labor Resources, else Budget Revenue

 

 

 

Suggested Actual Net Revenue

Suggested Actual Net Revenue = Suggested Actual Labor Revenue + Actual Revenue of internal Non-Labor Resources + Actual Profit of 3rd Party Non-Labor Resources

 

 

 

 

Actual Net Revenue calculations

Field Fixed Price Time & Materials

Actual Net Revenue

(per month of Fixed price item)

Will not be broken down by Individual resources

Actual Revenue - Actual Cost of Billable 3rd party Costs

 

Straighline Monthly

(current fiscal month/Fiscal Months) * Fixed Price

Straighline Daily

(Working Days in fiscal month/Duration (d)) * Fixed Price

as earned

As we break down per resource:

Labor: Actual Revenue

Non labor, Billable 3rd party costs: Actual revenue - Actual Cost

Non-Labor, Not Billable: 0

Actual Net Revenue 

(Per month of LR/NLR)

If labor resource: Actual revenue

If non labor resource && Billable: Actual Revenue - Actual Cost

Straighline Monthly

(current fiscal month/Fiscal Months) * Fixed Price

Straighline Daily

(Working Days in fiscal month/Duration (d)) * Fixed Price

 

 

Forecasting fields 

For time-phased planning, there are forecasting fields that allow intra-month manual tracking of forecasted amounts that do not alter your work plans.

Financial Planning Fields

Definition

From Financial Plan

Can be Manually Set

Formula-Based

Budget Cost

Rolls up to Work Item Budgeted Cost. Labor Costs are calculated from Resource Planning * Cost Rates

Actual Cost

Rolls up to Work Item Actual Cost. Labor Actuals are calculated from Timesheets.

Forecast Cost

Manually set, does not roll up to work item.

 

Budget Revenue

Rolls up to Work Item Expected Revenue. Labor Revenues are calculated from Resource Planning * Billing Rates

Actual Revenue

Rolls up to Work Item Actual Revenue. Labor Actuals are calculated from Timesheets.

Forecast Revenue

Manually set, does not roll up to work item.