ROI involves looking at a project and determining whether it will be profitable or not. The information in these screens comes from WBS and project-level information. In the planning stage this calculation can be straightforward. However, once a project is in progress, it is even more crucial to track if the project is trending toward profit or loss.
To see what information goes into the calculations, click on the project's title.
You can edit this information by clicking on Edit Spending and Benefit Plans. This will also allow you to edit the Annual Discount Rate and Discount Application Period.
ROI calculations are valuable when you are planning future work. You can estimate a spending plan to pay for the capital investment, along with a discount rate for that money borrowed to make that investment. You can also create a benefit plan to see how long it will take to make a return on that investment.