Time and cost analysis can provide an indication of what is needed for a process to be performed in terms of time, money and materials. There are restrictions around who can see this information.
Stakeholders are able to view the time and cost screen. If a stakeholder is also either an administrator, or has the view cost analysis permission, then the time and costs are available, and this stakeholder is able to make amendments. Without one of these (ie administrator or view cost analysis permission) a stakeholder is only able to see the times allocated and is unable to make any amendments.
Administrators can assign the view cost analysis permission through user permissions.
When time and cost is enabled, head to the diagram content menu and select the time and cost icon. The landing page shows the details of the process. The processing and wait hours allocated to each activity are displayed and the cost is shown according to each role's hourly rate. Cost does not display a currency.
Here a process can be compared with a future version of itself, a historical version or even another process.
In the calculations tab additional details can be added regarding materials used and the frequency of the process. This will give an indication of annual costs.
Materials can be added and removed and there are no restrictions on the number of materials.
Administrators and users (with view cost analysis and create role permission) can update roles cost per hour within the view cost analysis details screen.
When the time and cost feature is active, and the embedded map view is on, a potential timeline of the process is displayed underneath the activities on the map. If there are decisions with pathways that may, or may not, add additional time then they show in red in addition to the happy path, or desired steps. If items have been moved within the map and the time and cost timeline is visible, the timeline will be hidden until the map is reset to it's default view.
Administrators and stakeholders (with view cost analysis and create role permissions) can update a role's cost per hour within the Time and Cost analysis details screen. A branch or decision's alternative path will appear as red text in the timeline to show that the path is not the normal path but an alternative one that could be followed.
Note: The time and cost timeline will not appear on quickviews even if it can be seen in the current map. Time and cost analysis data cannot be exported.