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title: "Setting Planned and Actual Efforts"
slug: "how-to-set-plannedactual-development-efforts"
updated: 2023-01-17T06:47:38Z
published: 2023-01-17T06:47:38Z
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# Setting Planned and Actual Efforts

You can define, track, and monitor the team's development efforts per Requirement / Features, User Story, Task, Correction, or any [custom-defined](/v1/docs/how-to-setup-your-development-methodology) activity.

For **SAP Impact Analysis projects**

You can automatically calculate the efforts of a Correction by the sum of all associated Issues.

## Set the **planned and actual****efforts**

1. Open up a **Requirement** / **Workstream**/ **Feature****/ User Story**/ **Task / Analysis / Correction**  
[Learn more about Development Methodology options](/v1/docs/how-to-setup-your-development-methodology)
  - For level 1 development items, select the **Development** **tab**.  
In the **General**section, you can set the **Planned Dev Efforts Manually** or select to set it **Automatically.**![](https://cdn.document360.io/f404076c-de23-4609-848e-2dfd4ef701b0/Images/Documentation/image-1673431803439.png)
  - For level 2 development items, you can set the **Planned Dev Efforts**in the **Work Plan** section in the **General tab.![](https://cdn.document360.io/f404076c-de23-4609-848e-2dfd4ef701b0/Images/Documentation/image-1673431652641.png)**

Good to Know!To set Planned Efforts in **bulk**, use the mass editing option

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## **Setting Planned and Remaining Efforts****automatically**

You can define to set planned and remaining development efforts **automatically**by calculating all sub-activities planned and reported efforts. Users can then report efforts for Tasks (Level 3) and User Stories (Level 2), to be automatically summed to total efforts for the Feature (Level 1).

Note!

Setting level 1 & 2 activities to **Ready to Test / Testing / Completed status** will **reset the value of the remaining efforts to 0**

When activated for SAP Impact Analysis projects, the sum of all work effort in the**Issue level** is automatically calculated and reflected in the **Correction** **level**, allowing for a better understanding of the scope and timeframe of your upgrade project. Also included in the calculation are **automatic fixes**, so you can instantly grasp manual effort savings. [Learn how to set the default working hours for SAP Corrections, Issues, and Unit Tests](https://success.panaya.com/v1/docs/how-to-set-the-default-working-hours)