Project Planning.
Multi-year projects with audit-trail re-baselines.
Can project budgets be linked to accounts and cost centres?
Yes. Projects are linked directly to accounts and cost centres, providing visibility of project impact within departmental and organisational financial reporting.
How does IDU handle multi-year projects without losing the master plan?
Project budgets are built once with phased timing across years, then layered into each annual budget without manual rework. Re-baselines preserve the original plan in the audit trail — you always see what was approved versus what is being executed.
Can we manage both capital and operational projects?
IDU supports budgeting and forecasting for both capital and operational initiatives, including infrastructure, maintenance, operational improvement, and long-term strategic projects.
Does project budgeting connect to capex and asset registers?
Yes. Capex projects flow from the project plan into the capital register and (post-acquisition) the fixed asset register. Budget-vs-actual reconciles at every ERP sync. No more capex tracked separately from the operating plan.
How does IDU handle multi-year projects?
Projects can be budgeted and forecast across multiple years while maintaining visibility of total project cost, phased timing, committed spend, and remaining budget.
Can different project owners run their own budgets independently?
Each project has its own owner with role-based access. Owners build and revise their plan; finance sees the consolidated portfolio. Submissions roll up automatically, and reconciliation between owner-level detail and group-level totals is automatic.
Can multiple project owners contribute at the same time?
Yes. Multiple users can work on project budgets concurrently within a controlled environment, with role-based access and visibility.
How are scope changes and re-baselines tracked for audit?
Every revision is timestamped, attributed, and preserved. Approval workflows route significant changes to the right signer. Auditors see every original baseline, every revision, and the reasoning recorded by the project owner.
How are actual and committed costs reflected?
Actual and committed spend can be integrated from source systems on a scheduled basis, allowing users to compare budgets, commitments, forecasts, and actual performance within one view.
Can project budgets flow into the broader financial plan?
Yes. Project budgets automatically roll into departmental and organisational budgets, forecasts, and reporting structures, ensuring alignment across the financial model.
Can project budgeting support detailed project information?
Yes. Additional fields such as funding source, classifications, project dates, and other operational details can be configured as part of the budgeting process.
How is access controlled?
Access is role-based and configurable. Project owners can manage their projects while finance maintains visibility and governance across the portfolio.
How are project changes and revisions audited?
All project changes, revisions, and approvals are tracked and timestamped, providing a complete audit trail across the project lifecycle.
Can we report at both project and cost centre level?
Yes. Users can analyse budgets, actuals, commitments, and variances at both project and cost centre level, with drill-down to underlying transactions where required.