Patent ID: 8005705

Claim:
A method of validating a baseline of a project, said method comprising: a computer determining BCWS-BAC, wherein BCWS is a budgeted cost of work scheduled of said project and BAC is a baseline cost of said project; said computer determining BCWS-BAC is less than zero or BCWS-BAC is greater than zero; based on said determining BCWS-BAC is less than zero or BCWS-BAC is greater than zero, said computer determining said baseline cost is manually adjusted; based on said determining said baseline cost is manually adjusted by said determining BCWS-BAC is less than zero or BCWS-BAC is greater than zero, said computer determining a first baseline error associated with said project; said computer receiving, a project start date, a project finish date, a current baseline start date, a current baseline finish date, an original baseline start date, and an original baseline finish date; said computer determining a mismatch between a current baseline date and an original baseline date, wherein said mismatch is selected from the group consisting of a first mismatch between said current baseline start date and said original baseline start date and a second mismatch between said current baseline finish date and said original baseline finish date; based on said determining said mismatch between said current baseline date and said original baseline date, said computer determining said current baseline start date is manually adjusted or said current baseline finish date is manually adjusted; based on said determining said current baseline start date is manually adjusted or said current baseline finish date is manually adjusted, said computer determining a second baseline error associated with said project; said computer initiating a display of a plurality of corrective actions including a first corrective action to correct said first baseline error and a second corrective action to correct said second baseline error; said computer performing said first corrective action to correct said first baseline error by adding BCWS-BAC to BAC in a baseline cost field; and said computer performing said second corrective action.