Planned margin
Catch a fee or staffing warning while the delivery plan can still change.
Busy projects. Fees that fall short.
Every team is busy, but the agreed fees do not cover the planned hours and costs. Review the shortfall before committing more people to the work.
Planned fees, costs, assigned hours and rates update profit and margin by task or phase before the practice commits the plan.
Margin by task, before the task starts.
Review planned fees less planned cost where scope, fee and staffing decisions can still change, then carry those values into the project total.
Task margin
See planned fees, cost, profit and margin for an individual task.
Phase margin
Review the same planned figures across the phase hierarchy.
Project total
Carry task and phase values into the wider project view.
Change the hours and the margin follows.
See the planned result update as fees, costs, assigned hours and rates change.
Fees and costs
Review how fee and cost assumptions shape planned margin.
Assigned hours
See the planned effect when assigned hours change.
Rates
See the planned effect when the rate assumption changes.
Revise the fee before the work starts.
Revise a fee, cost allowance, assigned hours or rate assumption before it becomes the delivery result.
Fee decision
Test the planned fee before agreeing the commercial position.
Cost allowance
Review the planned supplier and delivery costs carried by the work.
Staffing decision
Review the margin effect before committing the planned hours.
The plan and recorded work stay distinct.
Logged time updates recorded-hours progress and keeps the billing and cost rates from that entry. It does not rewrite planned margin.
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