This activity is used to change the status of the EAC Workbench to In Progress. If the status of the EAC Workbench has not been set to In Progress automatically, it must be changed manually using the Start Progress action command to start working on the EAC Workbench. Calculations can be done on the EAC Workbench only when it is In Progress.
If the budget values for a forecast have changed, either through a change to the existing active budget (when a forecast type with Accumulated Net Change Budget Control method is used), or a change to the Budget Version and/or View Active Budget flag in the project forecast, the budget values can be updated in the EAC Workbench. The Budget Changed flag will indicate if the budget has been updated, and the Update Budget Values command can be used to update the Active Budget values used in the calculations. The update can only be run before setting the EAC Workbench to In Progress and while the project forecast is in Preliminary status.
If any Contract Change Orders are connected to the budget that is linked to the project forecast as well as to the forecast itself, they will be disconnected from the forecast. This will happen automatically when the EAC Workbench is set to In Progress to avoid duplication of the CCO values. The flag Change Order Included in Budget in the Manage Forecast Connections dialogue shows if a CCO is connected to the budget. The indicator is based on the latest budget values for the forecast, so if Budget Changed is set to Yes in the EAC Workbench, change orders may need to be manually connected/disconnected by the user.