Demand tasks
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Summary of Demand tasks
Demand tasks are units of work created within a demand to break down initial planning activities before converting the demand into a project, change, enhancement, or defect. They help delegate activities useful for assessing demand feasibility and are created from the Demand Tasks related list.
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Demand tasks differ from project tasks primarily in that they do not include planned, actual, or original dates, and their due dates do not affect demand workflows. Unlike project tasks, demand tasks do not support nested creation, task constraints (such as Start ASAP or Start on specific date), or execution types like Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid.
Resource Assignment
Resources can be assigned to a demand task using the Assigned to, Additional Assignee list, and Assignment Group fields. However, resource assignments should not be used for allocating resources to submit time spent on the demand, as resource plans linked to demand tasks are not transferred to the resulting work entities after demand conversion.
When time is submitted via time cards for demand tasks, the time and cost remain within the demand itself and do not transfer to the created work entity. Resources assigned to demand tasks can submit their time using time cards, enabling tracking of actual effort and cost at the demand task level.
Actual Cost and Effort
The actual effort for demand tasks is calculated from time cards submitted by assigned resources. Actual cost is derived from the hourly resource rate defined in the rate model or default labor/system rates. These values roll up to provide the actual cost and effort for the overall demand.
Adding Work Items to a Demand
Depending on the selected demand task category and your assigned role, you can use the demand task form to add important work items to a demand, including:
- Cost plans
- Resource assignments
- Benefit plans
- Risks
This capability supports better planning and tracking of demand feasibility and associated activities prior to converting the demand into subsequent work entities.
A demand task is a unit of work, created within a demand, to break down initial planning activities before converting the demand into a project, change, enhancement, or defect.
You can create a demand task from the Demand Tasks related list to delegate activities that are helpful for assessing demand feasibility. Demand tasks differ from project tasks in the following aspects:
- Planned dates, actual dates, and original dates are part of project tasks not demand tasks.
- The due date indicates the date on which the task is targeted for completion and does not affect the demand workflow. Project tasks, however, affect the project completion dates if the planned dates and actual dates are changed.
- Do not support creation of nested demand tasks.
- Do not support task constraints such as the settings Start ASAP and Start on specific date.
- Do not support an execution type such as Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid.
Resource assignment
Assign resources for a demand task using the Assigned to, Additional Assignee list, and Assignment Group fields. Do not create and use resource assignments for allocating resources or groups to a demand task or to submit the time spent on the demand. If you associate a resource assignment with a demand task, the associated resource plan is not transferred to the work entity created from that demand.
The resource assignments are not associated with the demand by default. Make sure that you do not use the resource assignments that you created for the future work entity created from the demand to submit the time spent on a demand.
When you submit a time card for a demand, the time and cost incurred are not transferred to the work entity created from the demand and remain within the demand as the demand cost and effort.
Resources assigned to a demand task can submit the time spent on it using a time card. For more information, see Submit a time card for a demand task.
Actual cost and effort for a demand task
The actual effort of the work performed on the demand task is derived from the time card. The actual cost is derived from the hourly resource rate defined in the rate model, default labor rate, or default system property. The actual cost and effort for a demand task are then rolled up to derive the actual cost and effort for the associated demand. For more information, see Actual cost and effort calculation for a demand and demand task.
Add work items to a Demand
Based on the selected demand task category and role assigned to you, you can use the demand task form to: