Maintaining a Contingency Assignment Profile

A contingency assignment profile is a group of common risk factors that be associated with an estimate to allow for items, conditions, or events that will likely result in additional costs. The Contingency Assignment Profile Summary contains all of the information recorded for the profile, including phase ranges, risk factors, and items.

To access the summary, click the Contingency Assignment Profiles link in the Estimation component, locate the profile you want to view, and then select Open from the Actions menu on the profile row.

The component opens on the General tab. You can view or change information in these fields:

Profile Name

Click in a field and add, change, or delete information as needed. When you are finished, click the Save button. The system displays a message to confirm that your changes were saved in the database.

To add a new contingency assignment profile to the system, select Add New from the Actions menu on the component header. The system takes you to the Add Contingency Assignment Profile guided process. For more information, see Adding a Contingency Assignment Profile.

To create a new contingency assignment profile based on the current profile, select Copy from the Actions menu on the component header. The system takes you to the Copy Contingency Assignment Profile component. For more information, see Copying a Contingency Assignment Profile.

To maintain additional information for the contingency assignment profile, click the following tabs:

Phase Ranges	Click this tab to view and maintain phase ranges for the contingency assignment profile (see Maintaining Phase Ranges for a Contingency Assignment Profile).
Rick Factors	Click this tab to view and maintain risk factors for the contingency assignment profile (see Maintaining Risk Factors for a Contingency Assignment Profile).
Items	Click this tab to view and maintain items for the contingency assignment profile (see Maintaining Items for a Contingency Assignment Profile).