space forecast

Space forecasts are a type of space requirement that track the expected growth, reduction, or movement of the organization for various time periods. You can create forecasts at your desired level (business unit, division, department, functional group) and you can choose your desired planning period, such as quarter, year, three-year interval, and so on.

To determine forecast needs, you generate space requirement items from inventory and then manually enter into the Period 1 through Period 12 fields the projected requirements. For example, if you are determining requirements by headcount and your baseline requirement for a department is 20 people and you project 10 percent staff growth for the next period, you would enter 22 for Period 1. Depending on how many forecast periods you want to model, you complete as many Period fields as desired.