1. WEB-BASED 3-YEAR BOTTOM-UP FORECAST (2009 – 2001)

2. WEB-BASED BOTTOM-UP FORECAST (2009-2011)
What’s NEW?
A. Multi-year Forecasting Platform

3. WEB-BASED BOTTOM-UP FORECAST (2009-2011)
What’s NEW?
B. General Conditions Forecasting By Task Codes

4. WEB-BASED BOTTOM-UP FORECAST (2009-2011)
What’s NEW?
B. General Conditions Forecasting By Task Codes

5. WEB-BASED BOTTOM-UP FORECAST (2009-2011)
What’s NEW?
C. Payroll / Salary Forecasting By Employee

6. WEB-BASED BOTTOM-UP FORECAST (2009-2011)
What’s NEW?
Expanded Status / Routing Work-flow with Notification
Save & Update – allows for saving changes, revisions, update, etc.
Report – this should an updated pdf version of the Actual vs. Budget report to the user logged into the system.
Submit to PEX (By SSR) – this should generate an to the PEX (and a copy to the SSR) informing him / her that the contract is ready for review. This will lock any further entry unless the “Recall” button is pressed which will undo submission and allow further changes.
Submit to SVP/SRO (By PEX) – this should generate an to the SVP/SRO (and a copy to the PEX informing him / her that the contract is ready for approval. Only PEXs will have access to this button.
Post and Finalize (By SVP/SRO) – this should generate an to Accounting (and a copy to the SVP/SRO) informing them that the contract has been approved. Only the SVP/SRO will have access to this button. At this point, the contract will be locked down and no further entry will be allowed.
Other Labels
a. GC Budgets this will take you back to the General Conditions forecasting page.
b. DO Budget this will take you back to the Delivery Order forecasting page.

7. WEB-BASED BOTTOM-UP FORECAST (2009-2011)
What TO DO / What ABOUT?
A. Forecast Data Entry
You will need to forecast your budgets for the following project data:
1. General Conditions Costs (By Task Codes)
2. Contract Value (Future Awards)
3. Earned Revenue
4. RPA
B. Security Access
You will continue to have access to the tool using your current Intranet log-on password. Access to payroll / salary information is given to “authorized” personnel only.
C. Forecast Steps
There are now eight (8) easy steps involved in this web-based forecasting tool. These are as follows:
1. Log into
2. Select Company,
3. Select Contract,
4. Select Year,
5. Select Line Item to update,
6. Save & Update,
7. Submit,
8. Post and Finalize.

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C. Forecast Steps
1. Log in using the following link:
2. Enter your Intranet log-on password.

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C. Forecast Steps
3. Select COMPANY
4. Select CONTRACT

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C. Forecast Steps
5. Select YEAR

11. WEB-BASED BOTTOM-UP FORECAST (2009-2011)
C. Forecast Steps
6. From the second grid, select the first line item to update, the General Conditions Costs. Click “Edit GC” and this should take you to the very first GC Classification, “Payroll / Labor Related.”
Click “Edit Payroll” to start budgeting for your payroll / salary by employee.
Note: For 2009, we have populated each Task Code, except for Salaried Personnel (00900), with 2008’s “actual” GC costs (Jan thru Sep) and with 2008 GC “budgets” (Oct thru December).

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C. Forecast Steps
7. Simply enter the following:
Employee Name or Position
Burden % (34% is the co. average)
Annual Salary
% of Utilization (either annualized or monthly)
Click “Save/Update” and go to the next Employee or Position until all employee or position requirements have been completed.
To budget for another year, simply select a different year from the list. If you want to carry over the just completed employee information from 2009, just click “Copy,” then review and revise as you see fit. Otherwise, simply rebuild your personnel requirement.
When done, click “GC Budget” to exit out of payroll budgeting and return to the GC Costs page.

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C. Forecast Steps
8. Simply go through the rest of GC Task Codes and enter, revise, or update your budgets as you see fit. To budget for another year, simply select a different year from the list.
Again, click “Copy” to carry over prior year budgets into future years.
When finished, click “DO Budgets” to exit out of the GC forecasting and return to the Delivery Order forecasting.

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C. Forecast Steps
9. Select the line for “Contract Value” for D.O. #
For 2009 “only”, revise or update the Contract Value under the Prior Year column to account for any other pending Owner Change Order(s) for this delivery order for the remainder of 2008.
Enter the anticipated additional awards for this delivery order in To budget for another year, simply select a different year from the list.
Save your entries and go to the next line, “Earned Revenue.”

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C. Forecast Steps
10. Select the line for “Earned Revenue” for D.O. #
For 2009 “only,” revise or update the Revenue Earned under the Prior Year column to account for the additional Revenue that will be earned for the remainder of This will then determine the opening backlog amount that will be carried over onto 2009.
Enter data in the highlighted boxes for Jan thru Dec. To budget for another year, simply select a different year from the list.
Note: You can enter your data in Percentage (%) or Dollar amount. Also, should the projected Earned Revenue be greater than the projected Backlog (Current Backlog + Future Awards), you will get an error message.
Save your entries and go to the next line item, “Average Monthly RPA.”

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C. Forecast Steps
11. Select the line for “Average Monthly RPA” for D.O. # Enter data in the highlighted boxes for Jan thru Dec. To budget for another year, simply select a different year from the list.
Note: The RPA shown on the report reflects the Backlog RPA as at the end of September, 2008.
Save your entries and go to the next line item. Follow steps 9 thru 11 until all listed active jobs are updated. Do the same for sub-job “ZZZZ” (Future Awards).

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C. Forecast Steps
12. View the report.
You can view your updated report in two (2) ways:
a. Click the “ Report” button. A PDF version of the Actual vs. Budget report will be sent to your address.
OR,
b. View / Print the Report thru COMPASS

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C. Forecast Steps
13. Submit to PEX (SSR only).
Make changes as you see fit. Once you feel comfortable with your data, simply click “Submit To PEX.” This will generate an to the PEX (and a copy to the SSR) informing him/her that the contract is ready for review. This will lock any further entry unless the “Recall” button is pressed which will undo your submission and allow further changes.
14. Submit to SVP/SRO (PEX only). Once this button is selected, an will be sent to the SVP/SRO (and a copy to the PEX) informing him/her that the contract is ready for approval. Click “Recall” to undo submission and allow further changes.
15. Post and Finalize (SVP/SRO only). Once this button is pressed, an will be sent to Accounting informing them that the contract has been approved. At this point, the contract will be locked down and no further changes will be allowed.