Save baseline cost information   When your cost estimates are in line with your goal for costs, you can establish them as your baseline plan. In this way, you can compare actual costs (actual cost: The cost that has actually been incurred to date for a task, resource, or assignment. For example, if the only resource assigned to a task gets paid $20 per hour and has worked for two hours, the actual cost to date for the task is $40.) with your original plan as the project progresses. You can also create a budget and compare costs this way.

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• Save cost information with a baseline plan
• Review a budget for the resource in your project if you already set a budget for project costs and want to review it for possible adjustments.

 Print or publish cost totals   After you create a budget, you can share your budget (budget: The estimated cost of a project that you establish in Project with your baseline plan.) information with team members or other stakeholders (stakeholders: Individuals and organizations that are actively involved in the project or whose interests may be affected by the project.).

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• Print cost information to display the resource (resources: The people, equipment, and material that are used to complete tasks in a project.), task, or project cost totals (summarized or distributed over a task's duration) in a view (view: The combination of one or more views [Gantt Chart, Resource Sheet, and so on] and if applicable, a table and a filter. Use views to work with information in a variety of formats. There are three types of views: Charts or graphs, Sheets, and Forms.), chart (chart: A view or part of a view that represents project information graphically. For example, the Gantt Chart view consists of a sheet and a chart pane where tasks are represented as horizontal bars.), or report (report: A format in which you can print schedule information that is appropriate for the intended recipients. You can use the predefined reports provided by Project or create custom reports.).
• Create a visual report if you want to use Microsoft Office Visio 2007 or Microsoft Office Excel 2007 to create reports that help you to analyze and report on costs at any phase of your project planning.
• Publish project information on Project Server if your team uses Microsoft Office Project Web Access (Project Web Access: The Web-based user interface that is used to access information in Project Server.) to communicate. You can post the most current information, including costs, on Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 for others to see. Because project managers aren't necessarily administrators, you might need to ask your server administrator (administrator: Sets up and manages user accounts, assigns permissions, and helps users with network or server access issues. This person can also manage and customize various elements in Project Professional and in Project Server.) to do this for you.

 Export cost information to other programs   If your company uses programs other than Project 2007 to keep track of costs, you can transfer budget information from Project 2007 to them.

• Export cost information

 Add notes about cost information    Before you save your cost estimates as your budget with a baseline plan (baseline plan: The original project plans [up to 11 per project] used to track progress on a project. The baseline plan is a snapshot of your schedule at the time that you save the baseline and includes information about tasks, resources, and assignments.), you can attach cost-related information to tasks (task: An activity that has a beginning and an end. Project plans are made up of tasks.), resources (resources: The people, equipment, and material that are used to complete tasks in a project.), or the entire project.

• Add a note to a task, resource, or project to include a small amount of information directly in your project. Also, you can add a file from another program to a project note.
• View and upload documents if you want to link supporting documents by using Project Server 2007.