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The project budget is awarded incrementally. As each stage of the project is completed, the team gains approval to commence to the next stage. This approval involves obtaining the requested budget dollars. CA Clarity PPM Accelerator for NPD uses cost plans and creates a detail row with the information entered on the gate information page once the project receives approval to move on to the next gate.
This means, a cost plan exist for each 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 the existing views and portlets continue to use the cumulative totals for planned costs and actuals, with the planned cost increasing with each stage that the project enters.
The project manager distributes the budget amount across the fiscal time periods, based on when the project uses the monies.
A Create Cost Plan action item is automatically sent to the project manager on submitting an idea for the final gate approval.
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