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However, he relies on his team: the Remaining Work (RW) of a unit task is estimated by the employees who carry out the task, while the consolidation at scale &#8211; activity, project stage or project in its entirety &#8211; is carried out by the project manager who aggregates the Remaining Work (RW) of the unit tasks.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"fontSizeLarge\"><span class=\"fontColorThemeSecondary\">When to estimate the Remaining Work (RW) ?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"fontSizeMedium\">The calculation of the Remaining Work (RW) is carried out periodically and shared as part of the project reporting as well as in governance bodies. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontSizeMedium\">The calculation of the Remaining Work (RW) not only makes it possible to understand load deviations and react accordingly during the project, but also to anticipate the landing of the project. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontSizeMedium\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"a_a_50a7110f a_a_50a7110f root-172 CanvasZone row CanvasZone--alignment CanvasZone--noMargin CanvasZone--read\" data-automation-id=\"CanvasZone\" data-theme-emphasis=\"0\">\n<div class=\"f_a_50a7110f e_a_50a7110f\">\n<div class=\"a_c_50a7110f m_c_50a7110f CanvasSection CanvasSection-col CanvasSection-sm12 CanvasSection--read CanvasSection-xl4 q_c_50a7110f\" data-automation-id=\"CanvasSection\">\n<div class=\"ControlZone ControlZone--clean a_e_50a7110f\" data-automation-id=\"CanvasControl\" id=\"b49e82a6-a839-4bdd-85a4-8ebb4b53a86e\">\n<div class=\"ControlZone--control\">\n<div data-sp-feature-tag=\"Rich Text Editor\" class=\"rte-webpart\" data-sp-feature-instance-id=\"b49e82a6-a839-4bdd-85a4-8ebb4b53a86e\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div data-automation-id=\"textBox\" class=\"cke_editable rte--read rte--inline ckeditable_removeMargin highlightFocusFix rte-strong-fontWeight blockQuoteFont zeroSpacing cke_editable rteEmphasis root-338\">\n<h2><span class=\"fontSizeLarge\"><span class=\"fontColorThemePrimary\">Should the Remaining Work (RW) be valued?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"fontSizeMedium\">Yes, you have to! Expressing Remaining Work (RW) in terms of (MD) workloads is not enough: for example, simply replacing a resource on a project can reduce or increase the expected workloads on a given task and affect an entire project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontSizeMedium\">The Remaining Work (RW) will therefore be valued by cross-referencing the JH expenses of the different profiles and their Average Daily Rates (ADR) in order to obtain the corresponding budget.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontSizeMedium\">The project pilot will rely on the two expressions of the Remaining Work (RW) &#8211; in expenses and in budget &#8211; to define the best trajectory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontSizeMedium\">As can be seen in the 4 scenarios opposite<span><\/span><span class=\"fontSizeXLarge\">\u2192<\/span><\/span><span class=\"fontSizeXLarge\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontSizeXLarge\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pmchampions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Remaining_work_en.png\" width=\"672\" height=\"402\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-987518136 aligncenter size-full\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"fontColorThemePrimary\"><span class=\"fontSizeLarge\">Remaining Work (RW) and Agility<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"fontSizeMedium\">If the Remaining Work (RW) is easier to estimate in the context of a project delivered in waterfall or iterative method, it remains a mandatory step for the pilot of a project delivered in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pmchampions.com\/en\/agility-and-scrum\/\">agile<\/a><\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontSizeMedium\">It is indeed possible to calculate the Remaining Work (RW) of a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pmchampions.com\/en\/how-to-build-the-product-backlog-mistakes-to-avoid\/\">Backlog<\/a><\/strong>, where each User Story is estimated in Story Points: an SP qualifying an effort, the (MD) loads to process the entire Backlog as well as the number of sprints are extrapolable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontSizeMedium\"> Similarly, we can estimate the Remaining Work (RW) of a sprint or the Remaining Work (RW) on a flat-rate or budget-capped project that is delivered in agile. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"fontSizeMedium\">Agility is synonymous with predictability.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Remaining Work (RW) is the set of tasks remaining in a project. 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