1. The document provides instructions for navigating and utilizing various cost management features in Primavera V8.2 software. It outlines steps for viewing actual costs, planned values, cost variances, adding entries to the budget log, defining funding sources, and viewing budget summaries. 2. Key steps include using arrow keys and dropdowns to access different cost values, clicking "Add" to include new budget log entries and funding sources, and selecting status and cost center options when defining budget details. 3. The document notes this overview represents an extremely small portion of Primavera's full cost management capabilities.

1. Cost Management:
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2. Right Click>Columns>Customize
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2. 3. Actual Cost > Click the arrow marked by number 5.
4. Planned Value Cost > Click the arrow marked by number 7.

3. 5. Cost Variance > Click on the arrow marked by number 9.
6. View (10) > Click Budget log (11) > Click Add (12)

4. 7. Type:
Amount= $200,546.00
8. Select:
Status=Approved.

5. 9. Click Funding (15) > Add (16) > Dept/Cost Centres (17) > Add (18) > Close.
10. Amount= $ 245000

6. 11. Fund Share= 50%
12. Budget Summary (21) > View (22)
We have seen about
1. Actual, planned value.
2. Cost variance
3. Budget Log
4. Funding
5. Budget Summary
This is just 0.0000001% of how Primavera V8.2 can help manage cost in the project.