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      <pubDate>2015-10-14 18:37:59 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>What does pFact do well?</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/susie_macpherson/ucryco8ksv9/wish/75532177</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<blockquote style="margin-right: 0px;" dir="ltr"><p>RCUK applications - JES submissions report works well but cant easily copy and paste into JES as the system has separate sections</p><p>EU projects -works well for calculations and exchange rate and report.</p></blockquote>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2015-10-14 18:38:42 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>What does pFact not do so well in?</title>
         <author>susie_macpherson</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/susie_macpherson/ucryco8ksv9/wish/75532220</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Can't create different costing scenarios or compare cost models within the same project.&nbsp; Need to create a copy version</p><p>Can't cope with the Wellcome Trust costing model (differing rates in the same project</p><p>Can't override incremental increases</p><p>ANY kind of reporting - success rates, pipeline, by funder/call</p><p>Doesn't handle commercial / services rendered costings</p><p>It doesn't easily report margins</p><p>Doesn't handle VAT consistently - needs to stay as is when making cost-item changes.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>Have to add a reason everytime a change is made</p><p>(Fellowships where the PI salary needs to be DI but pFact automatically assigns it as DA)</p><p>Co-investigator&nbsp; - treated as DA when sometimes we need them to be DI</p><p>Doesn't allow for old pFacts to be deleted or archived by the user</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2015-10-14 18:38:53 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>What are your top 5 priorities for the next costing/pricing system?</title>
         <author>susie_macpherson</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/susie_macpherson/ucryco8ksv9/wish/75532269</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Modeling multiple datasets&nbsp;in a single project</p><p>Simple, effective reporting</p><p>Templates flexible, easy to adapt</p><p>Must be able to report margin and surplus figures</p><p>Discriminate between project costing and pricing</p><p>Mechanism to price commercial projects </p><p>Provide&nbsp;a mechanism to handlereport cashflows into academic a9's</p><p>Prompt before accepting changes</p><p>Usable in different browsers</p><p>Individually modify costings for single items (eg, Salary) without affecting other similar entries</p><p>Costs for TS &amp; APM shown as DI/DA and attract/report overheads</p><p>Handle other kinds of projects which are not 'classic' research - eg, Services rendered</p><p>Be able to provide separate Cost/price reports for a single project - with clear policies on how certain reports are shared with external partners</p><p>Allow speculative costing/pricing to be developed - how many people, levels, hours involved - cost</p><p>Create a reserved test zone</p><p>System understands better how/when to apply VAT to cost items</p><p>Capture budget changes at post-award (be able to compare award vs bid figures)</p><p>Show/combine costings from various collaborators</p><p>Having a single Project code through the life of a project - with a signifier that flags the stage which this project is at in the cycle and which can deal with multiple, linked projects&nbsp; (sub-codes - showing when a project is made up of other projects that are internal/external)&nbsp; Be able to handle master and ccomposite projects (project portfolio&nbsp;or composite projects))</p><p>Incorporate the Agresso project code</p><p>Ability to see the original version
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         <pubDate>2015-10-14 18:39:05 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>What does pFact do well</title>
         <author>susie_macpherson</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/susie_macpherson/ucryco8ksv9/wish/75625875</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>RCUk applications calculations and report for submission</p><p>EU applications and costing </p><p>Can put in a lot of detailed cost items</p><p>can use the fixed fee</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2015-10-15 10:12:27 UTC</pubDate>
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