Metrics

A metric is a standard or measure for use in determining how well a project is planned and executed.

Metric results can be numeric (for example, cost or duration) or percentages (for example, percentage of total project duration). Percentages are useful for portraying results within a given context.

When you install Touchstone, default metrics are installed in a Default Metrics folder. If you would like to use custom or additional metrics, you can import metrics, or replace existing metrics, by importing an .aft file (Acumen metric file). After you select the file, you can select the source folders that you want to import and the destination folder. You can use an existing destination folder or create a new one.

You can only import into one folder at a time. If you want the metrics to be in more than one folder in Touchstone, you must import again and select a different folder.