To create a project, the user selects ‘New’ and enters the name of the proposed project together with a description. The system also allows supporting documents to be attached, along with who is to approve the project and the date the project is planned to start.

CSP keeps a track of how an initiative changes over time which is kept as part of the Worklogs tab. As well as the above, the user can then select a range of ‘drivers’ that are to be associated with the project. These drivers typically represent the resources that would be consumed by the project and the results that would be expected. There are linked to the underlying planning system which contains the current actual/budget figures.

Data for these drivers can be entered as absolute amounts; the amount the underlying data would change by; or the percentage amount that it would change. These are entered by time for the notional start period - which can be changed when running a scenario.

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