This configuration and accompanying process allows users to capture Financial and Non-Financial (Metrics, Soft, etc.) Benefit in a custom sub-object, then programmatically create an out-of-the-box Benefit Plan with just the Financial Portion from the custom sub-object.  The solution is comprised of:

• Sub-Object (Benefit Plan Details, Parent = Project)
• Process: Create Benefit Plan (uses sub-object as primary input, native BP is output)
• Process: Update sql - Cost Benefit Plans (one-time script to update Projects)

The Process to create the Benefit Plan is initiated when users check the Create Benefit Plan box on the sub-object.  Every time the Process runs it aggregates all rows from the sub-object that are flagged as Financial and creates a new Benefit Plan.  The resulting BP is not linked to any Cost Plans. Users who install this base solution will want to consider:

• Ensure on the Benefit Details List view the Planned and Realized Amounts are displayed
• Modifying the Create Benefit Plan Process in support of a BP naming convention consistent with local PMO Practices
• Modifying the Create Benefit Plan Process to link the BP to the Cost Plan of Record
• Creating a Portlet that pulls together rows of data from the sub-object across multiple projects in a summarized view as well as a detailed view

Once installed, please refer to the Benefit Detail Functionality Document for how to create Benefit Detail records, initiate the process, and the Benefit Plan Creation.

This portlet shows the project costs by Month. The information displayed includes:

• Start Date for project
• End Date for project
• Budgeted Cost
• Planned Cost
• Actual Hours

This provides the PM with a one shot view of the total financials/actuals for the project. The Project name field is linked to the project properties page. In case of any adjustments, the PM can toggle b/w the portlet and the project with ease.  The user can filter on multiple projects, or projects by OBS, or by PMs, to view the data on the portlet.

Part of the Business Transformation Package, this portlet displays the portfolios with hierarchy (child portfolio(s)). The portlet displays the basic portfolio fields like – manager, stakeholder, etc. A Metrics subpage can be created with the fields on the “Properties – Metrics.”.   The fields: Overall Health, Goal Alignment, Innovation Level, Probability of Success are custom fields and can be configured on a subpage.

This Project Variances portlet provides a project manager a consolidated view of all of their active projects and open project tasks and shows them the baseline variance for the task EAC’s and the task start and finish dates.  This gives the project manager a single place to view and manage how their projects are progressing against their baselines. The PM can easily detect when projects are running behind and pinpoint which tasks are causing the variance in the schedule.

The Program Dashboard Sub-Project Open Risks portlet gives the ability to view all risks on the sub-projects of a program that are not closed or resolved. The portlet will pull the "id" from the page it is placed on, so this portlet is usually placed on the dashboard tab. The portlet sorts the issues first by value, in descending order, and then by target date. It displays the sub-project name, risk name, owner, target date, status, probability, impact and value.

The Program Dashboard Sub-Project Status portlet gives the ability to view the most recent status report for all sub-projects on a program.  The portlet will pull the "id" from the page it is placed on, so this portlet is usually placed on the dashboard tab. This portlet displays each sub-project, type of status, and the symbol related to the severity.