Volumes

The volume of transactions occurring along a given path can be calculated and is defined as the volume of transactions of a given activity over a working period (per day or per week, for example). By establishing the volume of transactions of an activity, you can establish the cost, resource loading and FTE values across a given period. The total cost and duration is calculated by adding together the activity costs and multiplying them by the activity volume. The total diagram cost is, therefore, the total activity volume costs, i.e. the total of all activity costs x total activity volumes.

You must first enter the starting volume in the first (start) activity. Then, all subsequent activity volumes are calculated based on the starting volume and the probability that the activity will occur.

Displaying activity costs