Introduction to Defining Burdens

Resources are divided into two main categories:

In MPM, you use the Burdens application to specify the indirect costs, or burdens. You can specify four types of burden costs:

You use the burdens to build burden templates, then assign the burden templates to resources. When a resource is used, the burden template assigned to the resource determines how the burdens are applied. For example, an engineer will have a basic hourly rate based on the engineer's annual salary. But the engineer will also have a burden rate based on Overhead, General & Administrative, and Cost of Money.

The burden rates can be adjusted for each month of a project. The burden rates are stored in tables. You can define as many different rate tables for a project as required.

How Burdens Are Related to Other Pricing Elements

Burdens are one of the four components that define the pricing structure (estimating/ budgeting/burdening) of your company. The four components are:

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Related Topics

Accessing the Resources and Burdens Window

Orientation to the Resources and Burdens Window