Cost

Cost control that is tied to the schedule

Set up control accounts on your P6 programme, build the estimate, set the budget and track commitments and actuals against it. Earned value and forecasts come from the same links, so cost and time always agree.

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Control accounts mapped to P6 activities with budgets

What it does

Cost in Primer

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Structure

  • Control accounts linked to P6 Coming soon

    Map control accounts to P6 activities. The control account code is written back to P6 as an activity code.

  • OBS and responsibility matrix Coming soon

    Who owns which part of the work, with work packages and planning packages.

  • Coding standards Coming soon

    Report the same costs by ICMS 3, NRM, CESMM4 and Ofgem RIIO categories.

Estimate and budget

  • Estimates built the IPA way Coming soon

    Base cost, escalation, uncertainty, risk and optimism bias, with the final cost shown as a range.

  • Budgets and baselines Coming soon

    The performance measurement baseline and the contract budget base, with approved budget transfers.

  • Contingency and management reserve kept apart Coming soon

    Each has its own owner, its own approvals and its own history.

Commit, spend and accrue

  • Commitments phased your way Coming soon

    Phase each commitment by the schedule, a curve, milestones or resource.

  • Actuals with drill-down Coming soon

    From the control account down to the invoice line.

  • Accruals, timesheets and plant Coming soon

    Accruals that reverse next period, plus timesheets and plant, with a period close checklist.

Measure and report

  • Earned value at control account level Coming soon

    Several forecasts side by side, variance thresholds and variance reports.

  • Cash flow Coming soon

    Forecast spend by period from commitments, actuals and the schedule.

  • P6 cost round trip Coming soon

    Send costs back to P6 so both tools hold the same numbers.

  • Monthly cost pack Coming soon

    PDF and PowerPoint, with the standard earned value report formats.

  • AI cost commentary Coming soon

    A first draft of the variance narrative, checked against the figures, for a person to edit and approve.

  • Carbon alongside cost Coming soon

    Carbon budget, actuals and forecast on the same cost lines.

Earned value chart with planned value, earned value, actual cost and forecasts
Commitments and actuals with drill-down to the invoice line

One model

Works with the rest of Primer

Every part of Primer uses the same links from activity to portfolio, so nothing is entered twice and the numbers agree.

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NEC4 contracts on screen: target cost, Defined Cost, PWDD, pain and gain.

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One risk register from a single activity up to the portfolio, with quantified risk.

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Every project on one roadmap, with funding and earned value across the portfolio.

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