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Create effort cost elements

Once you have defined cost categories and cost elements, you can create effort cost elements within the categories.

Procedure

Open any folder and click New → Add.

The Add panel is displayed.
Select Effort Cost Element as the object type, and the panel refreshes with the fields for defining an effort cost element.
Select a Cost Category and Cost Element, enter an optional description, and then click Add. The Cost Element ID is generated by the system, according to a scheme defined by your administrator.

OBS Controlled Applicability determines whether the effort cost element applies to all OBS elements or only selected elements.

The system creates the effort cost element.