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NPD Cost Plans

Once the project receives approval to move on to the next gate, CA Clarity PPM Accelerator for NPD uses cost plans and creates a detail row with the information entered on the budget page.

Note: When you create the cost plan, include User Value 2 as one of items in the plan and provide a default value. In addition, provide default values for all items you include in the plan. Enter the default values in the NPD Gate Processing section of the cost plan properties.

Once the final gate approval is submitted, the project manager receives an action item to create the cost plan, marks the Create Cost Plan action item as Done. CA Clarity PPM Accelerator for NPD automatically then creates a scoping detail row and uses the budget information from the idea for the scoping change over the fiscal time periods that comprise that stage.

Once the cost plan is in place, as the project moves through the stages, CA Clarity PPM Accelerator for NPD automatically assigns a detail row for the next stage. This also includes a budget amount displayed in the first time period. The project manager distributes the budget amount across the fiscal time periods based on when the project uses the monies.

This means, one cost plan exists for every project with multiple detail rows: one for each stage. Reporting can be for the current stage or for the entire project, depending on the view. All existing views and portlets will continue to use the cumulative totals for planned costs and actuals, with the planned cost increasing with each stage that the project enters. CA Clarity PPM Accelerator for NPD supplies out-of-the-box defined codes for the detail rows.

See the Financial Management User Guide for more information.