Estimates, also called "bases of estimates" or BOEs in short, are essentially WBS elements from the proposal which are marked as BOEs. Each BOE WBS is assigned an owner, the person responsible for completing and submitting that estimate based on the estimating workflow. Following the release of a BOE WBS the estimator uses the estimating application to complete one or more of:

• Labor estimates for non-recurring or project-based activities like engineering or software coding
• Travel estimates for resources
• Materials estimates for purchased material and for in-house produced parts, creating make-part labor estimates as a result
• Other direct cost estimates such as for subcontractors or insurance policies

Open the estimating application by clicking the main navigation ESTIMATES to view a list of estimates. You can filter the list for example only showing estimates you are the owner for, and you can change the columns which are displayed.

1. Filter the list of estimates by any criteria you choose, such as BOE owner as yourself
2. The description of each estimate is the same as the WBS description in the proposal app, which is itself often copied from a template. The WBS code is also displayed
3. The proposal or quotation description and customer are displayed, since you might be working on estimates from several proposals at once
4. Key information such as the design-to-cost target (DTC) and current cost estimate for estimates which are already in process, is displayed
5. If you assigned risks or opportunities to your estimate, or risks were assigned to the proposal at the level of this BOE WBS, the total weighted cost of these risks & opportunties is displayed
6. Estimates are assigned a confidence score based on the aggregated or average confidence weighted by cost of the individual items in that estimate. For example the confidence of each resource in a labor estimate is rolled-up and shown here as a % score
7. Double-click any estimate to open it, or click on the pencil icon, or click the speech bubble to open an estimate in the COMMENTS tab

The following columns are available to show more information about your estimates:

• BOE Owner - who is responsible for competing the estimate
• Changed by - who last updated this estimate
• Changed on - when
• Company or segment - taking primary lead on delivery of the work in this estimate
• Confidence score - as explained above
• Control account - indicates this WBS is a control account in SAP
• Cost estimate - total cost estimated so far
• Created by - who initially created this WBS (not who started the estimating)
• Created on - when it was created
• Customer - or prospect, of the proposal
• DTC - design to cost target as explained above
• Dept - department or site involved in delivery of this estimate
• Description - of the BOE WBS
• Estimating strategy - the list of allowed estimating options e.g. labor, travel, material or subcontract & ODC cost estimates
• From - planned start date for delivering this WBS
• Includes labor/material - does this estimate include labor and/or material costs?
• Labor cost - estimated so far. Note: this includes make-part labor
• Material cost - estimates so far. Note: this is for purchased material only not make-part labor
• Opportunities - weighted value or cost reduction impact of all opportunities in this WBS
• Other direct cost - estimated so far
• Product line - typically from SAP
• Profit center - from SAP
• Quote - or proposal this estimate is for
• Remarks - for the entire estimate. Assumptions, explanations and item or resource/material specific remarks are separate
• Risks - weighted value of all risks in this WBS
• Status - current status of this estimate
• Sub-workstream - or sub focus area
• Summary - rolled up design to cost (DTC)
• To - planned end date for delivering this WBS
• Travel cost - estimated so far
• Type - what type of WBS this is e.g. "BOE"
• Work package - indicates that this WBS is a work-package in SAP
• Work-stream - or primary focus area