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Resources. Plan–fact

Purpose. Show the plan and the fact in one table. Each employee has two rows: Plan and Fact. The Total column sums up the month, the day columns show discrepancies.

Who sees it. Roles with permission for the “Resources” section.

How to open. Menu Work → Resources, the Plan–fact tab.

What is on the screen​

Plan and fact

  1. Filters Month, by project, by employee. Download Excel exports the table.
  2. Add from project teams creates plan rows for team members if they do not exist yet.
  3. A project row. In “Total”, separated by a slash, the sum of plan and fact, for example “260 / 34”.
  4. The Plan row — planned hours.
  5. The Fact row — hours logged by tracks on this project.

What the colors mean​

Fact cells are highlighted relative to the plan. A caption appears on hover.

ColorCaptionWhen
No highlightOn planThe fact is within the plan
AmberUnderloadThe fact is below the plan by more than 20%
RedOverspendThe fact is above the plan by more than 10%

Day cells and the monthly total are highlighted.

What you can do​

  • Find underload. Amber rows: people log less than planned. Perhaps they do not log time or work on another project.
  • Find overspend. Red: a person spends noticeably more than planned. Revisit estimates or redistribute people.
  • Check a past month. Choose a month and compare totals by project.

If there are no plan rows for a month, the page says “No plan rows for this month”. Start with the “Plan” tab.

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