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 ...