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Apply Top-Down Estimating at the Project Level

Important! Before applying top-down estimating, make sure that for each task you want to share a portion of the top-down distribution, you enter the percentage of the top-down estimate distributed to the task.

To apply top-down estimating

1. Open the project.

   The Project: Properties: Main - General page appears.

2. Click Estimating from the content menu.

   The Project: Properties: Main - Estimating page appears.

3. Complete the following fields:

   Mode

   Defines the mode for estimating.

   Value: Top-Down Estimating

   New ETC

   Defines the amount of ETC you want to distribute.

4. Click Apply.

   The ETC is distributed to the tasks set up to receive the top-down distribution.

More information:

Apply New ETC Across Project Tasks

Apply Estimating Rules at the Project Level

Set Up Tasks for Top-Down Estimating

How Estimates (ETC) are Calculated