Project Definition

What the project definition holds, what a project profile controls, and how coding masks structure project numbers.

The project definition is the top-level object representing a project as a whole, and its settings default down to the WBS elements beneath it.

What it holds

Key fields

Field	Content
Project definition ID	The identifier, following the coding mask
Description	A meaningful name
Person responsible	The project manager
Start and finish	The overall period
Company code	Where it belongs for accounting
Controlling area	The CO unit
Profit centre	Internal reporting
Project profile	The bundle of settings governing behaviour

The project definition itself collects no cost; WBS elements do. It is a frame, not a container.

The project profile

What the profile determines

Setting	Content
Planning profile	How cost planning works
Budget profile	How budgets behave and what happens on overrun
Settlement profile	Which settlement receivers are permitted
Network profile	Defaults for networks
Status profile	User status definitions
Organisational defaults	Company code, controlling area, plant
Costing variant	How planned and actual values are valued

Coding masks

A coding mask in use

Mask: XXXX-XX-XX-XXX

Project definition : P001
WBS level 1        : P001-01
WBS level 2        : P001-01-01
WBS level 3        : P001-01-01-001

-> the number itself shows the level

The Project Builder

Principal transactions

Code	Purpose
CJ20N	Project Builder — create and change structures
CJ01 / CJ02 / CJ03	Project definition
CJ11 / CJ12 / CJ13	WBS elements
CN21 / CN22 / CN23	Networks
CJ40 / CJ30	Cost planning and budgeting
CN41 / CN42N	Structure information system
CJI3	Actual line items