One of the big reasons for the changes from what-if to projects is to allow administrators to have an increased focus on pipeline management and capacity forecasting. Although previously the 'what-if' scenarios were useful for determining the impact of an upcoming project or change without the ability to save them, they could not be used for pipeline management. As such, administrators often had to keep separate spreadsheets to keep track of how many incoming projects had been given capacity approval but were still to be deployed.

Projects capability in vRealize Operations allows administrators not only to see the impact of the upcoming project, but also to keep track of all projects that have been given approval and combine their result. This, combined with the fact that different implementation dates can be set on different projects, allows administrators to keep track of how much capacity they have committed to other teams but have not actually delivered yet. By default, as per the image at the start of the Projects section, vRealize Operations combines all projects into one display that has been dragged into the active project bar. It also shows the most constraining resource, however, administrators can also select to view other resources or compare projects rather than combine them.