Once you have entered your inputs, click the OK button to calculate a solution and return to the project dashboard. SLIM-Collaborate will create and display two solutions. The first one (the Current Solution) is based on the values you provided for the PI, duration, and single for effort, cost, or staffing goal. Since project risk is assessed by measuring how far the proposed solution deviates from the averages for similarly sized projects from your selected trend group, you can expect the risk assessment to vary according to how well the inputs you provided match size adjusted averages from your trend group.
The second solution, called the Balanced Risk solution, reflects average schedule and effort performance from the project’s trend group. If you checked “Use Phase Tuning from trends”, it will match a trend-based solution using the same size input exactly. If you left the trend phase tuning box unchecked, the Balanced Risk solution will be very close to the trend-based solution for a project of the same size. In the dashboard below, because the solution inputs were all reasonable for a project of this size (close to the trend group averages), the generated Time Boxed, Fixed Team solution is conservative (risk buffered, or “not risky”) compared to the trend group.
For a high-level review of the current vs. Balanced Risk solution, you may wish to load the ESTIMATION ASSESSMENT dashboard. A detailed risk view is provided by the DETAILED RISK ASSESSMENT dashboard view. These charts show that the PI, duration, and resource inputs are all at or below the trend group averages.
To review the project settings and solution inputs, the PROJECT REPORTS dashboard is ideal.