Deltek Acumen 8.6 Online Help

Using the Help Search
Using the Help Search
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Control Account/Work Package Fields on the Metrics Tab

A control account is also known as a cost account (CA). It is a management control point at which actual costs can be accumulated and compared to budgeted cost of work performed.

A CA is a natural control point for cost/schedule planning and control since it represents the work assigned to one responsible organizational element on one contract work breakdown structure (WBS) element. From here, work effort is further broken down into Work Packages (WPs) and detailed work is planned. A control account may have hundreds of work packages.

A work package (WP) identifies the major tasks, groups of tasks, detailed short-span jobs, and material items (that are identified by the contractor) needed to accomplish the work required to complete the contract. It has a direct connection between the scheduled activities and the related cost data.

You can import control account/work package fields from a Deltek Cobra data file, a .csv file, and/or a Work Authorization Document (WAD).