Non-monetary Benefit Plan form

Use the Non-monetary Benefit Plan form to specify the potential non-financial benefits accrued by the demand, when it's executed.

Table 1. Benefit Plan form

Field	Description
Name	Descriptive name of the benefit plan.
Work	Demand number to which the benefit plan belongs.
Sponsor	Sponsor for the demand.
Category	Type of benefit: Hard: Benefits that can be measured in terms of revenue. Soft: Benefits that are measured in terms of value.
Sub category	Subcategories of hard and soft benefits. The selection in the Category field determines the selections available in this field.
Benefit type	Type of benefit. Select Non-monetary benefits.
Offset type	Field to indicate when the benefits start to be realized. If the value in the selected offset type changes, the benefit plan start date shifts accordingly. For example, if the offset type is set to End Date and the due date of the demand changes, the benefit plan start date shifts to align with the new due date of the demand.
Work start date	Start date of the demand. This field appears only when Start Date is selected from the Offset type field.
Work end date	End date of the demand. This field appears only when End Date is selected from the Offset type field.
Offset	Number of periods before or after the offset type when the benefit plan starts. For example, if the offset type is set to End Date and the offset is -2, the benefit plan is two periods before the demand end date. If the demand end date shifts, the benefit plan start date shifts to two periods before the new demand due date.
Duration in periods	The length, in periods, of the benefit plan.
Start fiscal period	Starting fiscal period. Populated based on the value in the Offset field relative to the selected Project/Demand start date or Project/Demand end date, and the Duration in periods field values. The field is editable if you select None in the Offset type field. When you change the start fiscal period, the associated benefit breakdown values also change.
End fiscal period	Ending fiscal period. When you change the end fiscal period, the associated benefit breakdown values also change.
Associated benefit	Monetary benefit that is associated with this non-monetary benefit plan.
Description	Description of the non-monetary benefit plan.

Table 2. Non-monetary Details section of the Benefit Plan form

Field	Description
Measure	Type of measure for the non-monetary benefit plan. The measure types are Count, Percentage, Hours, Days, and Score. Select the option Yes/No to track the benefits that aren’t quantifiable. When this option is selected, the only field available is Benefits achieved. You can select the check box to indicate that the benefits have been achieved.
Non-monetary entered benefit	Estimated value of the potential benefit. Any change in the planned benefit on the benefit plan updates the associated benefit breakdown values for future fiscal periods only.
Non-monetary planned benefit	Benefit value that is rolled up from the benefit breakdown.
Benefits achieved	Option to indicate if the benefit is achieved.
Breakdown type	Type of breakdown creation when you save the benefit plan. None: No breakdowns are created. Automatic: A Non-monetary Benefit Plan Breakdown record is created automatically with data. The breakdown is calculated linearly. Manual: A Non-monetary Benefit Plan Breakdown record is created automatically but without data in the entered benefit column.
Aggregation mode	Determines how the roll-up happens from breakdowns to the benefit plan and updates the values in the Non-monetary planned benefit and Non-monetary actual benefit fields. Sum: Aggregates data from all breakdowns. Average: Average value from all breakdowns. Most recent: Recent breakdown value. Max: Maximum value among the breakdowns. Min: Minimum value among the breakdown
Non-monetary actual benefit	Actual benefit value that is rolled up from the actual benefit in the non-monetary benefit plan breakdown.