A schedule changes PMB dates, logic, or time-phased budget only when the program approves a corresponding baseline change. Routine status updates and forecast revisions may move current dates, change float,
MS Project deadlines let you monitor a target finish date without forcing an activity to start or finish on that date. The scheduling engine can continue calculating the forecast from
A Deltek Cobra IMS integration connects the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) to the program’s cost and earned value data. The scheduling application manages activities, logic, milestones, constraints and critical paths.
A practical MS Project schedule health review should test whether the schedule calculates valid dates, reflects the current status and provides a credible forecast. At a minimum, review task modes,
Deltek Cobra is cost and earned value management software used to build time-phased budgets, calculate earned value, integrate actual costs, forecast final outcomes and report program performance. Program-controls teams commonly
A replan adjusts the plan for authorized work, usually by revising the future schedule, budget time-phasing, or work package structure through change control. A rebaseline establishes a new approved measurement
Undistributed budget is budget for authorized work that has not yet been assigned to a control account, summary-level planning package, or lower-level Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) element. In an Earned
Estimate to complete (ETC) is the forecasted cost required to finish all authorized remaining work from the current reporting point through completion. In earned value management, ETC is the forward-looking
A baseline change request is a formal document used to propose, evaluate and approve a change to an established project baseline. In an Earned Value Management System (EVMS), the request
Baseline traceability is the ability to reconstruct every approved change from a prior baseline condition to the current Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB). A reviewer should be able to identify what
