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  • 1.  Estimating

    Posted Jul 25, 2019 05:13 PM
    Anyone using the Top-Down Estimating feature in Clarity PPM?
    - Interested in hearing about how well this is going, pros/cons, etc.

    Has anyone heard if this feature will carried over into New UX?
    - On 15.2 - don't see it New UX, there; our 15.6.1 environment should be available, soon.

    If not using the top-down estimating feature, how are you answering requests such as:
    - In acquisition stage of project, we need speed, not details (1-10 tasks)
    - Then, when we win the business, we want to add the details (hundreds of tasks) and cascade the estimates from the few to the many

    BTW:  When dragging finish dates in Clarity Gantt, I do not see a way to grow or shrink ETC, as one can do in MSProject, where when one has Fixed Units set, dragging a finish data back and forth lowers/raises ETC in addition to change the finish date.  I see in 15.5 notes that there is a way to set "MS Project Task Type" in Clarity.  When set to 0 (fixed units), does dragging the finish date in Clarity Gantt behave the same way as in MSP (both finish date and ETC change)?


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    Dale Stockman
    Tech Specialist-Project Systems
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