Altus Glossary

Projects

BPF (Business Process Flow)

Project phase/stage gating.

Resourcing

Availability

The amount of time a resource has remaining based on their Capacity and any commitments for the period being viewed.

Capacity

The amount of time a resource can work in the period being viewed, based on their calendar and exceptions. More information can be found here.

Capacity %

A view within the Resource Plan that allows projects to enter Proposed values based on the user's Capacity percentage.

Committed

The amount of time a resource has been confirmed by the Resource Manager to a project.

Draft

Values added to the Resource Plan and Saved but not Submitted.

FTEs

A view within the Resource Plan that allows project to enter Proposed values based on the number of FTEs (Full Time Employees). These FTEs values in Altus are a measure of effort. The hours that one FTE equates to are calculated based on the “Hours Per Work Day” field in the Default Calendar. More information can be found here.

Generic Resources

A Generic resource represents a role/Group of users within the organisation. Generic Resources can be used in the Proposal/Business Case stage within Altus. Generic Resources can be requested by a project and then an available Named Resource can be Committed by the Resource Manager. Generic Resources do not have an Availability value, as they represent a role/group of users not a single user. Generic Resources do not have a Committed value, as you cannot commit a role/group of users, you can only commit Named Resources.

Named Resources

A Named Resource represents a specific Person or Entity (Room/Equipment etc) within the organisation. A Named Resource can be assigned a Calendar, Cost Category, Rate, Line Manager, Department, Target Utilisation, and you can set if they need to complete a timesheet and who should review/approve their timesheets. Named Resources can be used in the Proposal/Business Case stage within Altus. Named Resources can be requested by projects and then the same or another Named Resource can be Committed by the Resource Manager. Named Resources have an Availability value which is calculated based on their Calendar and any other commitments they have during that period. Named Resources have a Committed value, which is calculated based on the hours they have been committed by Resource Managers onto projects. You can create Capacity % requests for Named Resources which calculates their Capacity calculation based on their Calendar.

Overallocation

The amount of time a resource has been Committed to projects is higher than their Capacity.

Proposed

The amount of time a resource has been requested by the Project. These can be both Draft and Submitted values. Only Submitted values are visible to Resource Managers.

Scheduled

The amount of time a resource has been allocated in the Schedule linked to the project (external schedule system or Altus Tasks). More information about the Scheduled column of the Resource Plan can be found here

Submitted

Values added to the project's Resource Plan and submitted. These values show on the Resource Demand for the Resource Manager to action.

Target Utilisation %

A value added to a Resource showing how much of their time should be Utilised for project work.

Utilisation

The amount of time allocated a resource is to Committed to projects.

Tasks

Assignment

A resource that has be added to a Task.

Schedule Type

Altus allows you to set the Schedule Type for your Tasks, the option are: Auto or Manual. More information can be found here.

Task Types

Altus allows you to set the Task Type for your Tasks, the options are: Fixed Unit, Fixed Work, Fixed Duration. More information can be found here.

Financials

Estimate at Completion (EAC)

Calculated as the sum of Actuals and Forecast where Actuals values are accrued from the Project start date to the end of the most recently completed month. Forecast values are accrued from the current month onwards.