Cost Baseline

Owning Knowledge Area
Cost Management
Typical Process Group
Planning

established project management guidelines definition

The approved version of the time-phased project budget, excluding any management reserves, used as a basis against which to compare actual results.

AI_PM requirements that support this deliverable (11)

IDDescriptionKnowledge AreaProcess Group
REQ-FUN-116Cost baseline as versioned, insert-only snapshot of budgetsCost ManagementPlanning
REQ-FUN-117Actual cost capture with cash / non-cash dimension and category taxonomyCost ManagementExecuting
REQ-FUN-118Earned Value Management rollup (PV, EV, AC, CV, SV, CPI, SPI, EAC, ETC, VAC, TCPI)Cost ManagementMonitoring & Controlling
REQ-FUN-119Cost report by project, WBS branch, and time windowCost ManagementMonitoring & Controlling
REQ-FUN-134Estimate basis fields (cross-cutting: duration, cost, resource)Cost ManagementPlanning
REQ-FUN-135Cost estimate basis (per-budget-row)Cost ManagementPlanning
REQ-FUN-136Project Funding Requirements view (stepped tranches)Cost ManagementPlanning
REQ-NFR-068Schedule baseline and cost baseline rows are insert-only at DB role levelSchedule ManagementPlanning
REQ-NFR-069EVM rollup is deterministic and reproducible from input snapshotsCost ManagementMonitoring & Controlling
REQ-NFR-073Post-baseline cost changes require approved Change RequestCost ManagementMonitoring & Controlling
REQ-NFR-074Cost ledger entries are append-only and tamper-evident via audit logCost ManagementExecuting