The Project Estimate Total function permits a person to enter the estimated total number of hours (budgeted hours) that a project is scheduled to take to complete. This value is displayed in the Budgeted Time & Costs view, The Actual Time & Costs view, and in various reports to monitor actual vs. estimates hours.
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Note: Hours entered using the Project Estimate Total are evenly distributed across assigned employees and tasks for the project. Estimated hours are not redistributed when Employees are added to the project after the Project Estimate Total has been set. |
You can also create or modify estimates at the individual task/employee level using the Budgeted Time & Costs view.
Prerequisites:
A Project Estimate Total can only be entered for a project when that project's status is set to Estimate.
Before entering estimated time for a project, you should complete all employee and task assignments for that project.
Go to the Project Workspace area and click the Project Assignments tab. The Project Workspace button is in the Projects section of the side navigation bar.
Locate and select the project 
in the assignment
tree.
Click the Project
Estimate button 
located on the toolbar. The Total Estimated Hours
window opens.
Enter the total number of Estimated Hours.
Click OK
to save the information and evenly distribute this total across all task
assignments.
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Warning: If estimated hours have been individually set using the Budgeted Time & Costs view, pressing OK on the Total Estimate Hours window will clear the individual values and evenly distribute the total hours across all task assignments. |
