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
| 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
| 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
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 levelThe Project Builder
| Code | Purpose |
|---|---|
| CJ20N | Project Builder โ 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 |