Cost rule example

This section gives some examples of how cost rates are selected, using the example cost rule table below, where each row is a rule and each column except Rule # is a cost factor.

Rule #	Resource	Region	Role	Effective Date(s)	Rate
1				Jan 09-...	USD $75
2		EMEA		Jan 09-...	EUR €80
3		EMEA	DBA	Jan 09-...	EUR €100
4		APAC		Jan 09-Jul 10	HKD $50
5	John Doe			Jan 09-...	USD $200

According to this table:

• Most labor in EMEA in 2009 or later costs €80/hour.

• DBA labor in EMEA in 2009 or later costs €100/hour.

• All labor in APAC in 2009 and through July 2010 costs $50/hour (in Hong Kong dollars—HKD).

• All labor performed by John Doe in 2009 or later costs $200/hour.

• All labor in North America in 2009 or later costs $75/hour, unless it is performed by John Doe.

• A task on a work plan with a resource assigned who has no role and no region costs $75/hour in 2009 or later.