About this Guide

Objectives

The objectives of this book are to describe the purpose of contract management, what you can accomplish using a contract, and the process to set up and use contracts.

Intended Audience

This book is intended for those who want to learn the process to use contracts, contract lines, contract deliverables, contract funding, contract invoicing, and to set up the contract data in the way that best serves their purposes. Both end users and users on administrator level will find the information they require.

Assumed Knowledge

Familiarity with the business processes involved in handling contracts in projects, and general knowledge of the LN functionality will help you understand this book. In addition, Project training courses are also available.

Document summary

The first chapter, Introduction, describes the purpose and the general characteristics of contracts.

The following chapters deal with the contract data setup, describe how contract lines and deliverables are created, how contracts are linked to project pegs, and describe contract funding and invoicing.

This guide describes procedures that users carry out using contract deliverables, backorders and return orders and provides some information on the underlying processes that LN carries out. The most important session windows and fields involved are discussed, but a full description of all software components is outside the scope of this guide. For details, refer to the online Help.

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