Maintaining Items for a Cost Estimate Contingency

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Selecting Items to Add to a Cost Estimate Contingency

The Items tab on the Cost Estimate Contingency Assignment Summary includes a list of items needed to perform work for risk factors that are part of the cost estimate contingency. Each row represents one item and includes an Actions button.

You can expand a row to display current values in these fields:

Click in a field and add, change, or delete information as needed.

To delete an item from the cost estimate contingency, select Delete from the Actions menu on the item row. To reverse the delete action, click the Undo button.

To add an item to the cost estimate contingency, click the New button. The system adds a blank row to the list. To save the new row, you must enter a value in the Item and Risk Factor fields.

When you are finished making changes, click the Save button. The system displays a message to confirm that your changes were saved in the database.

Selecting Items to Add to a Cost Estimate Contingency

To select one or more reference items to associate with a single risk factor on the cost estimate contingency, perform these steps:

On the Items tab on the Cost Estimate Contingency Assignment Summary, choose Select Items from the Actions menu on the item list.

The system displays a modal window that lists items from the parent cost estimate that are not yet associated with the contingency assignment profile.
In the Risk Factor field, select the risk factor with which you want to associate items. Entry in the Risk Factor field is required.
Click the rows for the items you want to add.

A check mark appears at the beginning of the row to indicate it is selected. Continue selecting items as needed. You can click a row again to clear the selection.
When you are finished, click the Add to Profile button.

The system closes the modal window and lists rows for the items you selected.