Cobra 8.3 Help System

Using the Help Search
Using the Help Search
  • Phrase:Returns all topics that contain the exact phrase in the search criteria. Use quotation marks around the phrase.
    Ex."system administration"
  • And:Returns all topics that contain all the words in the search criteria, in any combination. Insert a plus sign between all words in the search criteria.
    Ex.system + administration
  • Or:Returns all topics with any combination of words in the search criteria. This is the default.
    Ex.system administration
For more information:Searching Online Help

Examples of Manual Forecast Calculations

This example demonstrates how statistical forecast calculations are performed in Cobra.

For the following examples of the different manual forecast calculations, assume the same sample data used for the examples of statistical forecast calculations:

Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Period 6 Period 7 Period 8 Period 9 Period 10 Total
Budget 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 1000
Earned Value 100 75 75 75 100 75 100 100 700
Actual Costs 100 100 100 100 125 100 125 150 900

Manual Forecast (Retain EAC)

Assuming no user intervention, the following values are calculated.

ETC = Remaining spread ETC = 200

Manual Forecast (Retain EAC)

Assuming no user intervention, the following values are calculated.

EAC = 1000

ETC = EAC – ACWP = 1000 – 900 = 100