Cobra's flexibility makes it effective in any situation that requires the earned value approach to project cost control. The package's open architecture allows users to configure Cobra to meet specific requirements, integrate in-house applications, and plan for future needs. Our new release builds on Welcom's commitment to provide quality project and cost management for organizations involved in large, highly complex projects in a range of industries. Welcom designed Cobra to handle such diverse cost management requirements as proposal pricing, cash flow management, strategic planning, and performance measurement for commercial enterprises and government contractors. This feature lets the user add, insert, edit, and remove columns in both the cost account and work package grids.
Users can also retrieve and print summary information without running a report.
The export and import auxiliary files functions enable users to import breakdown structures, codes, rates, calculations, and fiscal calendars via .csv, .xls, and .dbf file formats. For example, if a company's rates are in a separate database, a user can easily pull them into Cobra 3.2 without any manual data entry. The multiple forecast dates feature allows users to define separate forecasts based on early dates, late dates, and default dates. The global replan feature allows users to easily set their budget equal to actual costs or to earned value for an entire project or any portion of a project. This is a major time saver, as it lets users eliminate budgeting variances when adjustments are made in projects.