Cost and commercial
Budgets, commitments and actuals on the same links as your P6 programme.
Cost
Control accounts sit on the schedule, so cost and time tell the same story.
What you get
Short version first. Book a demo for the long one.
Structure
3 things-
Control accounts on P6
Mapped to activities, with the code written back to P6.
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Who owns what
OBS, responsibility matrix, work and planning packages.
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Your coding standards
Report by ICMS 3, NRM, CESMM4 and Ofgem RIIO.
Estimate and budget
3 things-
Estimates as a range
Base cost, escalation, risk and optimism bias, the IPA way.
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Budgets and baselines
The baseline and contract budget, with approved transfers.
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Contingency kept apart
Contingency and management reserve, each with its own owner.
Commit, spend, accrue
3 things-
Commitments, phased
By the schedule, a curve, milestones or resource.
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Actuals to the invoice line
Drill down from the control account to the invoice.
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Accruals and period close
Accruals that reverse, timesheets, plant and a close checklist.
Measure and report
6 things-
Earned value per account
Forecasts side by side, with variance thresholds.
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Cash flow
Spend by period from commitments, actuals and the plan.
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Round trip to P6
Costs sent back, so both tools hold the same numbers.
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Monthly cost pack
PDF and PowerPoint, in the standard formats.
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AI first drafts
A variance narrative checked against the figures, for a person to approve.
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Carbon with cost
Carbon budget, actuals and forecast on the same lines.
Up close
Earned value chart with planned value, earned value, actual cost and forecasts
Commitments and actuals with drill-down to the invoice line
One model
Every part of Primer uses the same links, from one activity to the whole portfolio. Nothing typed twice.
Ready when you are
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