Cost Baseline
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)
| ID | Description | Knowledge Area | Process Group |
|---|---|---|---|
| REQ-FUN-116 | Cost baseline as versioned, insert-only snapshot of budgets | Cost Management | Planning |
| REQ-FUN-117 | Actual cost capture with cash / non-cash dimension and category taxonomy | Cost Management | Executing |
| REQ-FUN-118 | Earned Value Management rollup (PV, EV, AC, CV, SV, CPI, SPI, EAC, ETC, VAC, TCPI) | Cost Management | Monitoring & Controlling |
| REQ-FUN-119 | Cost report by project, WBS branch, and time window | Cost Management | Monitoring & Controlling |
| REQ-FUN-134 | Estimate basis fields (cross-cutting: duration, cost, resource) | Cost Management | Planning |
| REQ-FUN-135 | Cost estimate basis (per-budget-row) | Cost Management | Planning |
| REQ-FUN-136 | Project Funding Requirements view (stepped tranches) | Cost Management | Planning |
| REQ-NFR-068 | Schedule baseline and cost baseline rows are insert-only at DB role level | Schedule Management | Planning |
| REQ-NFR-069 | EVM rollup is deterministic and reproducible from input snapshots | Cost Management | Monitoring & Controlling |
| REQ-NFR-073 | Post-baseline cost changes require approved Change Request | Cost Management | Monitoring & Controlling |
| REQ-NFR-074 | Cost ledger entries are append-only and tamper-evident via audit log | Cost Management | Executing |