Cost Baseline.
This section contains the cost baseline for the project upon which cost management will be based. The project will use earned value metrics to track and manage costs and the cost baseline provides the basis for the tracking, reporting, and management of costs.
The cost baseline for the SmartVoice project includes all budgeted costs for the successful completion of the project.
| Project Phase | Budgeted Total | Comments |
| Planning | $350,000 | Includes work hours for all project team members for gathering requirements and planning project |
| Design | $250,000 | Includes work hours for all project team members for work on SmartVoice conceptual design |
| Coding | $200,000 | Includes all work hours for coding of SmartVoice |
| Testing | $175,000 | Includes all work hours for testing (including beta testing) of SmartVoice software |
| Transition and Closeout | $150,000 | Includes all work hours for transition to operations and project closeou |
