Perform this activity to view the details of the objects connected to project activities, and to evaluate their performance. Important information include the cost, hours and revenue values from these activity connected objects and the cost/revenue elements to which these values are reported. The progress of the connected objects and their contribution to Earned Value can also be viewed. A variety of object types, such as Purchase Orders lines, Shop Orders, Work Orders, Sales Contracts, Document Packages, Tasks, Resources etc. can be connected to activities. The type of information updated to the activity depends on the object type and also the status of the object. As the connected objects are executed, the activity is updated with relevant information which should be regularly analyzed and evaluated in order to identify deviations from the project plan and budget so that corrective action can be taken when necessary.
Project Navigator/Connections and Activity/Connections tabs list the objects connected to the selected activity. Information about the connected object is shown including object type, description, status, progress, earned value as well as estimated, planned, baseline, planned committed, committed, used and actual values for both cost and hours. Additionally, used and actual costs are reported on the object when connected voucher(s) exist, and it is possible to drill down to the voucher information from the object. Revenue information including estimated, planned, preliminary, posted and actual values may also be shown for the connected object. In these forms, the cost and revenue values will always be reported from the connected objects in base and transaction currency. If multi-currency and/or project currency have been enabled for Budgeting and Forecasting purposes for the project, then cost and revenue will also be reported in base currency using the fixed Budgeting and Forecasting rate and/or the project currency.
The Project Navigator/Project, Project Navigator/Sub Project, Project Navigator/Activity/Cost, Project Navigator/Activity/Hours, Project Navigator/Activity/Revenue, Activity/Cost, Activity/Hours, Activity/Revenue tabs display cost/hours/revenue information from the objects summarized up to selected level per cost/revenue element. The values in these tabs are displayed in base currency.
The Activity and Activities windows and the Project Navigator/Activity and Project Navigator/Activity List tabs display the total Calculated Cost Progress and Calculated Hours Progress for the activity.
For detailed information about each object type, please refer the following documents:
Note: The
Planned Cost Driver, Progress Method, and Earned Value Method of the
activity will effect
the calculation of the total progress and earned value on the
activity.
IFS Business Analytics can be used to create, display and analyze information based on
the activity connection data available in IFS Applications. For more information
refer
About Information Sources in IFS Business Analytics.
Project Navigator
Activity
Activities
Project Connections
Project
Navigator/Activity
Project
Navigator/Activity
List
Project
Navigator/Connections
Project
Navigator/Project
Project
Navigator/Sub Project
Activity/General
Activity/Connections
Project
Navigator/Resource
Planning
Project Connections
Note:
Analyze and evaluate activity connected objects in the Project Navigator/Connections or the Activity/Connections tab:
Analyze and evaluate activity connected objects in the Project Connections window:
Analyze and evaluate activity connected objects in the Project Navigator/Activity tab or the Activity window:
Analyze and evaluate activity connected objects in the Project Navigator/Project or the Project Navigator/Sub Project tab.