Take your Implementation a Step Further

After you are familiar with the basics, learn more about the other features that Cobra has to offer.

Estimates	Related Topics
Back-in your hours using top-down planning to meet a total monetary amount Move projects easily along a timeline when priorities change or projects slip Reprice values quickly using new rates or rate escalation Define your own calculations to model your company’s burden buildup Define rules using apportionment and add new resources based on need	Apportionment Rates Slip Top Down Planning

Budgets and Forecasts

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Organize data using control accounts and work packages Improve your compliance with the EIA standard for EVMS with flexible formatting of the project hierarchy Summarize data for reporting purposes Use time-phased budgets and rate escalation to estimate future cost increases Use multiple foreign currencies Load your budget and forecast quickly from integrated products Maintain unlimited, time-phased forecasts Use forecasts to run “what-if” rate and resource scenarios

Time-phase Detail Pane of the Project View Budget Planning Forecasts ANSI Standard for Earned Value Management Systems

Actual Costs	Related Topics
Automatically load actual cost data from accounting systems Integrate charge numbers from your accounting system for cost variance analysis Track approved actuals and accruals	Thresholds Tab of the Resource View

Status and Earned Value	Related Topics
Document explanation of variances, impacts, and corrective actions Update status automatically from a schedule Use earned value techniques for accurate earned value calculations Set thresholds to monitor work that is not progressing as planned	Variance Thresholds Earned Value Management

Integration	Related Topics
Integrate directly with Deltek PM Compass, Open Plan, wInsight Analytics, Acumen, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Project Server, Microsoft Excel, and Primavera Integrate with Deltek Costpoint and other accounting systems View Cobra data from within the Deltek Open Plan scheduling tool Import resource, rate, code, and calendar data from Excel or CSV files	Integration Wizard Data Import Using Files CSV Import Files

Change Control

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Integrate directly with Deltek PM Compass, Open Plan, wInsight Analytics, Acumen, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Project Server, Microsoft Excel, and Primavera Integrate with Deltek Costpoint and other accounting systems View Cobra data from within the Deltek Open Plan scheduling tool Import resource, rate, code, and calendar data from Excel or CSV files Simplify change request approvals with reports that show proposed and approved changes Use a different set of rates for each change in scope Track changes automatically with an integrated audit function that creates an audit trail

Audit Logging Reports Freeze Forecast

Multi-projects	Related Topics
Work with a master project and any number of subprojects as though they were a single entity	Multiproject Operations (Master and Subprojects)

Reports	Related Topics
Create and edit reports using the Report wizard with output directly into Microsoft Excel Create detailed time-phased reports or high-level multi-project reports Submit standard monthly reports in different formats and customize reports	Customization of Reports Report Wizard