Projects are a new feature that first appeared in vRealize Operations 6.0 and replaced the old 'what-if' functionality from vCenter Operations Manager 5.x. A project is an upcoming change to your environment that either affects the supply or demand (or both) of capacity. Projects allow capacity modeling to help an administrator set up hypothetical scenarios, such as adding or removing virtual machines and hosts from a cluster. These scenarios can then be used to determine how a pipeline of incoming organizational projects will affect the time remaining calculation. An image of the Projects screen is shown as follows:

Although projects may be similar to the what-if scenarios, it is not just a small upgrade. Projects are a complete overhaul of the scenario modeling capability, and their features and improvements include:

• Projects are persistent and can be saved so that they are no longer removed when you log out
• Projects can be shared among different users in vRealize Operations
• Project can be set to occur at a future date and time, not simply applying from now
• Projects can be set to be either planned or committed, and, as such, permanently effect time remaining
• A single project can have multiple scenarios that affect demand and capacity

The detail on how to create projects can be found in the vRealize Operations User Guide.