Inclusion of Material and Equipment Resources in Project Execution Management

Summary:

In the current setup of Project Execution Management, we observe that only labor resources and a limited set of expenditure resources are available for planning and budgeting. However, non-labor resources such as equipment or material item resources are not available for direct inclusion.

As a result, while labor cost is automatically derived from assigned resources, material and equipment costs must be manually added through the Project Financial Management screens, creating a fragmented experience for users. This necessitates switching between multiple modules for a complete budgeting exercise.

We would like to understand:

• What is the reasoning behind this partial inclusion of resources in Project Execution Management?