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   <Header>
      <Title>To create a project</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2599730">
         <Level1>Project definition</Level1>
         <Level2>Project</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2599736">
         <Level1>Project</Level1>
         <Level2>project definition</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>Before you create a
		project using either a template or the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm6100m000" role="session">Projects (tppdm6100m000)</GUIRef> session, define the
		parameters.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Fill the project data
		management sessions that you want to use for your project, assuming you entered
		all the necessary common data.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>Define a general project in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0552m000" role="session">General Projects (tcmcs0552m000)</GUIRef> session to make sure that a PCS project does not use
		  the same code, and then choose a code for a project. Consult the session Help
		  and field Help to correctly enter the project fields. If you want to define a
		  project, note that the following fields are mandatory:</ListIntro>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm6100m000#tppdm600.padr" role="manual">Address Code Project</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>In the United States
		  this code is mandatory if you use the project tax provider. This address is
		  also used as delivery address for ordered items, equipment, and subcontracting.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm6100m000#ent.unit" role="manual">Enterprise Unit</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Enter the enterprise
		  unit to which this project belongs.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm6100m000#tppdm600.kopr" role="manual">Hierarchy Type</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Select one of these
		  types: <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/domains/pdm.kopr#main" role="option">Main Project</GUIRef>, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/domains/pdm.kopr#single" role="option">Single Project</GUIRef>, or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/domains/pdm.kopr#sub" role="option">Subproject</GUIRef>. If you use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/domains/pdm.kopr#sub" role="option">Subproject</GUIRef> type and enter the main project code, you can
		  enter costs and the budget on the subproject and aggregate them to the main
		  project.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm6100m000#tppdm600.cobs" role="manual">Organization Breakdown Structure</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>The <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#OrganiBreakd_tp" role="glossary">organizational breakdown structure</Link> can only be used in combination with the <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000326" role="glossary">activity structure</Link>.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm6100m000#tppdm600.agty" role="manual">Contract Type</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Must be <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#FixedPriceCo_tp" role="glossary">fixed price contract</Link> or <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#CostPlusCont_tp" role="glossary">cost-plus contract</Link>.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm6100m000#tppdm600.invm" role="manual">Invoice Type</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Must be <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#UnitRate_tp" role="glossary" Update="No">Unit Rate</Link>, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/domains/pdm.invm#prime.cost" role="option">Cost Plus</GUIRef>, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/domains/pdm.invm#inst.spec" role="option">Progress Invoice</GUIRef>, or <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000089" role="glossary" Update="No">Installment</Link>.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm6100m000#tppdm600.intp" role="manual">Internal Project</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>If this check box is selected, the project is an <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000306" role="glossary">internal project</Link>. Example:
			 a training program for the employees.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>Next to the simple internal project, you can create a <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000316" role="glossary">capital project</Link> by selecting the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm6100m000#tppdm600.intp" role="manual">Internal Project</GUIRef> and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm6100m000#tppdm600.capp" role="manual">Capital Project</GUIRef> check boxes. Example: constructing
			 production facilities for a new product line.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm6100m000#tppdm600.coty" role="manual">Contract Execution</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>One of the reasons to
		  choose for <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/domains/pdm.coty#contract" role="option">Main Contracting</GUIRef> is that you can use the Dutch <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000300" role="glossary">WKA</Link> law.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm6100m000#tppdm600.hbpc" role="manual">Holdback Percentage</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>A percentage of the
		  contract amount that the customer withholds from what he pays for the project.
		  This is a guarantee that all activities are performed, and that contractual
		  obligations are met. The holdback amount is paid after the project activities
		  have been satisfactorily performed.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm6100m000#tppdm600.pwar" role="manual">Priority Supply Warehouse</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>A warehouse where items
		  are ordered from during the PRP. If the priority supply warehouse has not
		  enough items in stock, you can use another normal warehouse. The normal
		  warehouse is mostly nearest to the site. The goods are sent from the priority
		  supply warehouse to the project warehouse or to the project.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm6100m000#tppdm600.btpr" role="manual">Budget by</GUIRef> Element or Activity</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Determines the leading
		  budget.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm6100m000#tppdm600.btco" role="manual">Control By</GUIRef> Element or Activity</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>A control budget is the
		  frozen state of the project budget. Decide whether cost control, progress
		  control, forecasts, and project requirement planning is on element or activity.
		  If you select element project control, you cannot link an activity budget to
		  your elements and you cannot plan your activities.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>Save your project and,
		in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm6500m100" role="session">Project 360 (tppdm6500m100)</GUIRef> session, on the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu, select <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm6500m100#tppdm6102m000" role="manual">Project - Cost Control Levels</GUIRef>. If you only want to
		monitor one of your type of cost levels, clear all the other cost control
		levels. Enter the business partners you want to use in your project and enter
		the contract amount. If you want to change the top activity of the activity
		structure later on because you did not want to use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm6100m000#tppdm600.rsac" role="manual">Default Project Cost Account / Work Package</GUIRef> that was
		entered in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm6100m000" role="session">Projects (tppdm6100m000)</GUIRef> session, you can do so in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pss/tppss2100m000" role="session">Activities (tppss2100m000)</GUIRef> session. Go to the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu and choose
		the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pss/tppss2100m000#insert.top.activity" role="manual">Insert Top Activity</GUIRef> command.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListTitle>Project status</ListTitle>
         <ListIntro>A project has a <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/domains/pdm.psts#free" role="option">Free</GUIRef> status when all its data is entered including the element and or activity
		  structure. If this data is entered you must set the status to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/domains/pdm.psts#construction" role="option">Active</GUIRef> to actually be able to work with these project
		  data:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Book costs</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Freeze the budget</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Order goods and
		  services</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Register hours</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Register progress</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>Go to the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm6100m000" role="session">Projects (tppdm6100m000)</GUIRef> session and, on the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu, choose
		Project Status. Then, in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm6107s000" role="session">Project Status (tppdm6107s000)</GUIRef> session, change the status to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/domains/pdm.psts#construction" role="option">Active</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>After creating the project, the logical next step is to work
		  on:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000317" role="manual">To use structures in a project</Link>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
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      </RelTopic>
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      </RelTopic>
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         <Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000063" role="manual">To use elements</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>