Changing Cost Planning 

Use

You supplement the costing for the WBS element Detailed Design and System Set Up by two further costing items and change the values in the planning form entry screen IT: Team Preparation.

Procedure

  1. Call up your project in the Project Builder by double-clicking on Project I/00XX displayed in the structure area as a preview.
  2. Choose .
  3. In the costing structure select the WBS element Detailed Design and System Set Up.
  4. The system displays the entry screen of the assigned planning form in the work area.

  5. If the item overview is not displayed, choose Show/Hide Item View.
  6. To supplement the cost estimate choose twice in the item overview.
  7. Enter the following data:
  8. Item cat.

    Resource

    Plant/Activity type

    Quantity

    E

    4295

    1463

    10

    M

    B-1000

    1000

    10

  9. Choose Confirm.
  10. You have supplemented the cost estimate by one internal activity (manager hours) and one material item.

  11. In the costing structure select the WBS element Team Preparation.
  12. Enter the following data:
  13. Field

    Data

    Internal Working Hours

    120

  14. Choose Confirm.
  15. In the planning form you have a resource restriction of 100 hours of internal personnel time. Because you have scheduled more than 100 hours personnel time the system inserts an additional planning form in the costing structure. The items in planning form IT: Team preparation are removed from the costing structure.

  16. Navigate in the screen area Costing Structure to the end of the structure.
  17. Choose the IT:Prep. With Ext. Consultants node.
  18. In the work area the planning form entry screen is displayed.

  19. Enter the following data:
  20. Field

    Data

    External Consultant Hours

    50

    Internal Working Hours

    70

  21. Choose Confirm.
  22. The system transfers the costing items just determined to the structure.

  23. Choose .
  24. You access the Project Builder.

  25. Choose .

Result

You have completed your planning and can release the project for implementation.

Releasing the Project