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   <Header>
      <Title> Project Definition</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e438500">
         <Level1>Functions and features</Level1>
         <Level2>Project Definition</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e438506">
         <Level1>Project Definition</Level1>
         <Level2>functions and features</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <ConceptSection>
      <Paragraph>In General Project Data, the master data used in ERP Enterprise is
		centralized for use across projects. Most of these tables are used for
		grouping, sorting, and reporting projects, and also as various dimensions for
		financial postings.</Paragraph>
   </ConceptSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000307" role="manual">To create a project</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>The project data
			 defines all aspects of the project. Many fields depend on the parameter
			 sessions for defaults or input. The project status is important for following
			 the right course throughout the project lifecycle.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Project-PCS relationships</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Link a project to a PCS project in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti" role="package">Manufacturing</GUIRef>. A PCS project
			 can be used to produce a generic item, customized item or standard item. The
			 relationship between the two project codes is automatically established if you
			 insert a PCS project item on a material budget line in Project.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Project interim results</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>View the <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#FinancResult_tp" role="glossary">interim financial results</Link> of a selected project. Interim
			 results are the temporary financial result that you can consult while you carry
			 out the project and which you can transfer to the profit and loss account. Two
			 interim result types exist: Interim Result Costs (transactions associated with
			 costs) and Interim Result Revenues (transactions associated with
			 revenues).</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000033" role="manual">To use a plan</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Specifies the <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000326" role="glossary">activity structure</Link>, the schedule, and the start and end dates. You can maintain
			 alternative plans for a single project. The active plan is the one you actually
			 use to track progress.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Update work authorization status</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>A formal authorization procedure to begin work on a specific
			 activity. The process helps ensure that the authorized work is done at the
			 right time and in proper sequence.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Project - Documents</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Maintain details of documents that relate to particular
			 projects. Documents are grouped by <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#DocumeTypes_tp" role="glossary">document type</Link>.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Project - Third Parties</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Maintain details of project-specific third parties. A third
			 party is a person or organization with an indirect or non-contractual interest
			 in a project, for example,: a government body or regulatory agency.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000092" role="manual">To use extensions</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>The specific agreements within or in addition to the initial
			 contract. An extension falls outside the initial contract with the sold-to
			 business partner. <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000017" role="glossary">Extensions</Link> can be assigned to the bottom-up budget. The
			 relation to the budget is defined in the initial budget and/or the budget
			 adjustment detail lines. ERP Enterprise distinguishes four extension types:</Paragraph>
            <List>
               <ListItem>Scope Change</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Provisional Amount</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Fluctuation Settlement</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Quantities to be Settled .</ListItem>
            </List>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Project deliverables</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Create and maintain <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000384" role="glossary">project deliverables</Link>. Depending on the 'Budget by' setting at project level, you
			 can define deliverables either on an element or an activity. If the project is
			 budget by element and control by activity, you must link an activity to the
			 element project deliverable.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Item data</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>General item data is the item data that applies to all the ERP Enterprise e
			 packages. In addition to general item data, you can also define item data that
			 is specific for a particular ERP Enterprise package. This item data is defined in that
			 particular ERP Enterprise package.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Project labor</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Use <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#Labor_tp" role="glossary">labor</Link> codes to control the costs of a labor code or of a
			 group of labor codes. The labor rate determines what cost and sales rates are
			 used in budget lines and in hours registration.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Project sundry costs</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Sundry cost objects can be standard or specific for a
			 project. The cost object is related to a control code for cost controlling
			 purposes.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Update project prices and rates</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>You can update rates and prices of project-specific cost
			 objects and labor rates globally. This covers cost objects of the types labor,
			 subcontracting, equipment and sundry cost.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000013" role="manual">To use revenue codes</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>List project-specific <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#RevenuCode_tp" role="glossary">revenue codes</Link>, these differ from standard revenue codes
			 in that they relate to a particular project only. A revenue code is a way to
			 categorize invoiced amounts of the same invoice type in order to analyze
			 revenue history.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000014" role="manual">To use surcharge data</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>You use surcharges to calculate the indirect costs of the
			 budget in the Project Technical Calculation module and/or the actual indirect
			 costs of the budget in the Project Production Control module.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Convert project and budget currency</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>You can run a currency conversion for your:</Paragraph>
            <List>
               <ListItem>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000036" role="glossary">Project currency</Link>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>Budget line currency</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Both currencies</ListItem>
            </List>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>