The following explains each of the cash flow curves types in details.
Detail Curves
The Detail Curves are referred to a family of curves that can be defined at the project or shell level, or at the program or company level.
Each curve, within the family, is based on a data source (one curve per unique data source).
A cash flow curve of type Detail Curves is a curve that is used to monitor the movement of cash at different detail levels in a project or shell.
The cash flow (Detail Curves) levels in a project or shell are:
- Project/Shell
- Commitment
- CBS
- Summary CBS
As mentioned earlier, you can specify the following cash flow types for each detail level in a project.
Note: The first three cash flow types in the list below are the three most common, and important, standard cash flow types.
Baseline
Depicts the project budget that is spread over the duration of the project. Users can define multiple baselines for a project.
Actuals (Spends)
Depicts the expenditures (spends) that have actually incurred.
Forecast
Depicts the projection of the future costs, based on current expenditures (Actuals or Spends).
Portfolio Budget
Depicts the Baseline curve, or Forecast curve, used for portfolio optimization scenarios in Unifier Portfolio Manager.
Derived
Depicts the Baseline curve, or Forecast curve, used for portfolio optimization scenarios in Unifier Portfolio Manager.
The Derived curve is used to convert the sources currencies to a currency used by the Portfolio Budget curve.
Custom
Depicts cost data other than Baseline, Actuals, etc.
The Custom curves can include any other cost data that you want to view graphically.
Roll up Cashflow Curve (Rollup Curves)
A Roll up Cashflow curve includes a group of curves with Active status summarized by data source across all projects or shells in a program or across all projects or shells in a company.
A Roll up Cashflow curve facilitates the aggregation of cash flow data source (from projects or shells and CBS) to the program and company cash flow worksheets.
Note: A Roll up Cashflow curve can only be created at program or company levels.
You can compare curves side-by-side, in the cash flow worksheet, to view cash flow distribution over time.
Summary Curves or Summary Cash Flow Curves
A summary cash flow curve is designed to present a consolidated view of cash flows, and each project or shell cash flow has a system-defined project or shell summary curve. A summary cash flow curve:
- Uses the detail cash flow curves to compare the movement of curves against the previous snapshots, and in the process show differences among curves with respect to time and schedule.
- Displays Variance and Forecast analyses, similar to the detail cash flow curves.