Project Simulation Models

A Project simulation model defines the behavior of the simulation for the entire project.

Project simulation models allow you to customize the following parameters to see how they influence the performance of your project:

Start time and duration of the simulation
Determine which process simulation models you want to include in the project simulation
Allows you to define the participant resources you want to include in the simulation
Allows you to define the priority distribution of instances within the simulation

Within a project, you can define multiple project simulations. Defining different project simulations models allows you to test different combinations of resources and priorities. The following parameters can be configured for a project simulation model.

Parameter	Description
Start Time	Defines the start time for the simulation. This time is used only for logging. It is not used for scheduling purposes.
Duration	Defines the period the simulation will run. This interval is specified in months, days, hours, minutes, and seconds.
Use Calendar Rule	Determines if calendar rules are used in simulation. Checking this box allows the simulation to account for calendar rules when determining participant allocations.

Project Simulation Models also contain the following tabs which allow you to further define your simulation.

Project Tab

The Project Tab contains a table that lists all of the processes within the current project. For each process, you can select which process simulation model you want to use for each process. Also, you must specify which processes to include in the simulation.

For all of the included processes, instances are generated when the simulation is run.

Resource Tab

The Resource Tab allows you to define the resources used within the process simulation. All process included in the simulation will share these resources. The cost of each resource is defined per hour.

Icon	Description
	Loads resources from the organization into the project simulation model.
	Adds a new resource to the project simulation model.
	Deletes the currently selected resource from the project simulation model.

Priority Tab

The Priority Tab allows you to specify the probability for priority distribution of an instance. This priority determines the way an instance flows within a process. The sum of all priority distributions must equal 100.