Cost

The Cost task plan table is used to view cost data for tasks in a task plan, including baseline, actual, and remaining.

Cost Fields Description
Actual Cost

The actual cost to complete actual work for a task (or a task plan).

Baseline Cost

The original, planned cost for a task (or a task plan).

Cost

The amount of money that is spent to produce something of value. In a task plan, a cost is the amount of money that is spent while finishing a task. For example, a resource's hourly billing rate or the cost of renting a tractor (a material resource) for a day. A cost can be associated with a task, a resource, an assignment, or a task plan.

Name

The name of a task (or a task plan).

Remaining Cost

The cost required to finish the remaining amount of work for all resources assigned to the task.