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# Estimating Extension Design
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**Date:** 2026-03-13
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**Related workbook:** `samples/CGIBreakdown_Template/Template_CGI-Breakdown+Calc_25Dez_V0.976_251212_beta_LCR-Update.xlsx`
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**Purpose:** Canonical design, field mapping, and implementation plan for a browser-based estimating system in Planarchy.
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## Executive Summary
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The workbook is not a simple calculator. It is a full estimating and pricing system with:
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- project and commercial assumptions
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- scope breakdown for shots and assets
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- roster and rate lookups
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- phased effort and cost calculations
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- management summaries
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- downstream export sheets
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Planarchy can support this, but not by copying Excel cell logic into the browser. The right implementation is a dedicated estimating bounded context with:
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- a wizard for first-pass estimate creation
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- a workspace for iterative revisions
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- a typed calculation pipeline
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- live linkage to Planarchy resources and roles
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- immutable snapshots for auditability
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## Design Principles
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### 1. Do not emulate Excel
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The workbook contains very large formula surfaces, including roughly 823k formula cells in `CALC_AUX` alone. Rebuilding that as browser spreadsheet emulation would preserve the current maintenance problem instead of solving it.
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The replacement should be:
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- typed
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- stage-based
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- versioned
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- testable
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- explainable
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### 2. Reuse the current platform where it already fits
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Useful existing Planarchy primitives:
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- `Resource` for roster, rates, skills, availability, and dynamic metadata
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- `Project` for schedule, budget, and project linkage
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- `Role` for assignment and capability alignment
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- blueprint-driven fields for temporary bridge data where first-class models do not yet exist
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### 3. Keep estimating separate from operational staffing
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Estimating answers:
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- what work is assumed
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- what rates and policies apply
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- what cost, price, and margin result
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Operational planning answers:
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- who is actually assigned
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- when capacity is consumed
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- how delivery is staffed in reality
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`DemandRequirement` and `Assignment` are downstream execution data, not the primary estimating store.
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## Product Shape
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### Estimate Wizard
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The wizard should generate the first complete draft through structured steps:
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1. Opportunity and project shell
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2. Scope breakdown
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3. Commercial assumptions
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4. Staffing strategy
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5. Rate and resource matching
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6. Financial review
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7. Export and approval
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### Estimate Workspace
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After the wizard, the user should move into a workspace with tabs:
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- `Overview`
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- `Scope Breakdown`
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- `Assumptions`
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- `Rates & Resources`
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- `Staffing / Phasing`
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- `Financials`
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- `Exports`
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- `Version Compare`
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This replaces the giant spreadsheet with a clearer domain-oriented UI.
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## Workbook Domains
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The analyzed workbook combines several distinct domains:
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- input and assumption sheets such as `ProjectInfo`, `Shots&Assets_Breakdown`, `ratesBreakdown`, and `Ressource Roster MASTER`
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- reference catalogs such as `ExperienceAdjust`, `Packages`, `IT Rate card`, `machine_rates`, `FX`, and `Rates ACN`
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- derived engine sheets such as `Calculation`, `CALC_AUX`, `4Dispo`, `SAP Phasing`, and `MMP Import`
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- management and reporting views such as `Overview_*`, `Cockpit`, `Analytics`, and `Per Year`
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That mix is exactly why the app needs separated models for assumptions, scope, demand, rates, snapshots, outputs, and exports.
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## Proposed Domain Model
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### New bounded context: `Estimating`
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| Model | Purpose |
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| `Estimate` | Top-level estimate container tied to a project or opportunity |
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| `EstimateVersion` | Versioning, options, baselines, approvals, and locked commercial states |
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| `EstimateAssumption` | Structured commercial, tax, pricing, and scenario inputs |
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| `ScopeItem` | Scope rows imported or authored from the breakdown sheet |
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| `ScopeEffortRule` | Rules that turn scope into discipline effort |
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| `EstimateDemandLine` | Normalized effort lines with phasing and pricing attributes |
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| `RateCard` | Versioned pricing and cost catalog |
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| `RateCardLine` | Attribute-based rate resolution entries |
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| `ResourceCostSnapshot` | Immutable copy of roster/rate facts used by one estimate version |
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| `EstimateMetric` | Persisted derived totals for fast reads and auditability |
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| `EstimateExport` | Stored export artifacts and serializer metadata |
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### Reuse strategy
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| Existing model | Reuse level | How it fits |
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| `Project` | `Direct` | Parent linkage, timeline context, budget bridge |
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| `Resource` | `Direct` | Roster, chapter, role, LCR/UCR, skill and availability context |
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| `Role` | `Direct` | Demand-line role alignment and staffing suggestions |
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| `DemandRequirement` / `Assignment` | `Downstream` | Planning handoff target after estimate approval |
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| `dynamicFields` / blueprints | `Bridge only` | Short-term bridge for unmigrated metadata, not core estimate storage |
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## Mapping Strategy
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### Mapping legend
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- `Direct`: already maps to an existing first-class Planarchy field
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- `Bridge`: can be bridged short-term, but should move to estimating models
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- `Derived`: calculate it, do not persist it as manual source data
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- `New Model`: requires estimating schema
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### Project and commercial inputs
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| Workbook field | Current target | Status | Recommended target |
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| Project Name | `Project.name` | `Direct` | keep on `Project`, mirror into `Estimate.name` |
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| Opportunity ID | project dynamic field | `Bridge` | `Estimate.opportunityId` |
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| Timeframe From / To | `Project.startDate` / `Project.endDate` | `Direct` | default estimate context from project |
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| Currency | project/resource bridge only | `Bridge` | `Estimate.baseCurrency` |
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| Contract Owner / Business Unit / Service Group | none | `New Model` | `EstimateAssumption.*` |
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| Pricing Structure | partly `Project.orderType` | `Bridge` | `EstimateAssumption.pricingStructure` |
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| Revenue Timing / Recognition | none | `New Model` | `EstimateAssumption.*` |
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| Sales Tax / Billing Arrears / Payment Terms | none | `New Model` | `EstimateAssumption.*` |
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| Contingency / Capital Charge / Mgmt Fee policies | none | `New Model` | `EstimateAssumption.*` |
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### Scope breakdown inputs
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| Workbook field | Current target | Status | Recommended target |
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| Row sequence, type, package | none | `New Model` | `ScopeItem.sequenceNo`, `scopeType`, `packageCode` |
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| Description, scene, page, location | coarse project notes only | `New Model` | `ScopeItem.*` |
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| Assumptions / comments | none | `New Model` | `ScopeItem.assumptionCategory`, `internalComments` |
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| Resolution / FPS / aspect / shot length | project dynamic fields only | `Bridge` | `ScopeItem.technicalSpec` JSON |
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| Frame count / count / unit mode | limited bridge only | `Bridge` | `ScopeItem.frameCount`, `count`, `unitMode` |
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| Discipline effort columns | none | `New Model` | generated `EstimateDemandLine` rows |
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| Total costs on the breakdown sheet | none | `Derived` | `EstimateMetric` |
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### Resource, rate, and lookup data
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| Workbook field | Current target | Status | Recommended target |
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| Roster employee/name | `Resource.displayName` / `eid` | `Bridge` | link to `Resource` plus snapshot source text |
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| UCR / LCR | `Resource.ucrCents` / `lcrCents` | `Direct` | direct reuse plus snapshot |
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| FTE | indirect only | `Bridge` | `ResourceCostSnapshot.fte` |
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| Level / work type / area | dynamic fields only | `Bridge` | normalize later, snapshot now |
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| Location / country | dynamic bridge only | `Bridge` | snapshot + demand-line attributes |
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| Rates ACN / rate breakdown / machine / FX | none | `New Model` | `RateCard`, `RateCardLine`, FX/rule tables |
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| Experience adjustments | none | `New Model` | rate adjustment rules |
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### Calculation, phasing, and exports
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| Workbook field group | Current target | Status | Recommended target |
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| Calculation line items | none | `New Model` | `EstimateDemandLine` |
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| Named resource references | `Assignment.resourceId` via planning handoff | `Direct` | linked demand line + resource snapshot |
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| Dates, hours, bill code, org unit, economic profile | none | `New Model` | `EstimateDemandLine.*` |
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| Monthly spread | none | `New Model` | `EstimateDemandLine.monthlySpread` |
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| Weekly phasing (`4Dispo`) | none | `Derived` | generated projection view |
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| `CALC_AUX` transformed outputs | none | `Derived` | derived from demand lines and snapshots |
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| `MMP Import` / external export sheets | none | `New Model` | serializer output + `EstimateExport` |
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| Cockpit / analytics totals | none | `Derived` | persisted `EstimateMetric` rows |
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## Browser Architecture
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### Calculation engine
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Implement a typed calculation pipeline in `packages/engine`:
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1. validate assumptions and scope
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2. resolve effort rules into demand lines
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3. resolve roster/rate snapshots
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4. calculate phased costs, prices, and metrics
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5. materialize outputs for UI and export
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This should be deterministic and test-first. Manual overrides must be explicit and traceable.
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### Resource-connected behavior
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The browser system can stay dynamic and resource-connected if it uses two data modes at once:
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- live links to `Resource` and `Role` for current matching and suggestion UX
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- immutable snapshots on `EstimateVersion` for pricing, auditability, and approval history
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That prevents old approved estimates from changing when roster rates or metadata are edited later.
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## Implementation Plan
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### Phase 1. Schema and contracts
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- add `Estimate`, `EstimateVersion`, `EstimateAssumption`, `ScopeItem`, `EstimateDemandLine`, `RateCard`, `RateCardLine`, `ResourceCostSnapshot`, `EstimateMetric`, and `EstimateExport`
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- define DTOs and use cases in `packages/application`
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- create engine contracts and test fixtures
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### Phase 2. Wizard and workspace
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- build the estimate wizard
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- add estimate workspace routes and tabs
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- support import from workbook-derived source data where useful
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### Phase 3. Calculation and pricing
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- implement rule engine for scope-to-effort conversion
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- add rate resolution and cost/price calculations
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- persist metrics and audit trail
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### Phase 4. Resource linkage and planning handoff
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- connect demand lines to resources, roles, and availability
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- add staffing suggestions from current Planarchy data
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- support conversion from approved estimate demand into downstream planning entities
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### Phase 5. Exports and approvals
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- generate external export formats
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- add version compare, lock, approval, and audit views
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## Current Status
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This is no longer design-only.
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Implemented baseline in the current codebase:
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- estimating Prisma schema and enums
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- shared estimate types and validation schemas
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- engine-level summary metric helper
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- application-layer estimate creation and retrieval use-cases
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- estimate API router registration
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- estimates list route and first estimate creation wizard
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- estimate workspace detail route with overview, assumptions, scope, staffing, versions, and exports tabs
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- working-draft editor for overview, assumptions, scope, and staffing
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- version submit, approve, and locked revision-cloning actions
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- export artifact scaffolding with stored serializer metadata records
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- format-specific export generation with stored payloads for JSON, CSV, XLSX, SAP, and MMP
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- live resource-linked staffing rows that can sync current Planarchy rates and persist estimate-version snapshots
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- explicit live-vs-manual rate mode metadata on demand lines, with server-side recalculation before metrics are persisted
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- read-only and draft workspace visibility for manual overrides versus live resource snapshots
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- project snapshot persistence on estimate versions
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- approved-version planning handoff into downstream `DemandRequirement` and `Assignment` records, with estimate lineage metadata
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- scope import from XLSX in the estimate wizard
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- financials tab in the estimate workspace with summary cards, cost-to-price bridge, chapter breakdown, and monthly phasing
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- rate cards with per-client association and client filter in the admin UI
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Still open:
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- estimate templates and cloning for recurring project types
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- richer version comparison (side-by-side diff of demand lines and metrics)
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- approval email notifications
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- scope-to-effort rule engine (currently manual demand lines only)
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- rate adjustment rules and experience multipliers
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## Planning Handoff Model
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The demand/assignment persistence split is complete. The legacy `Allocation` table has been dropped.
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### Current behavior
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Approved estimate versions hand off like this:
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1. one `DemandRequirement` is created per normalized estimate demand line
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2. if a linked resource is valid, an `Assignment` is created linked to that demand
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3. if no valid resource is available, the demand stays open with the suggested resource stored in metadata
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4. estimate provenance is preserved on both records through `estimateHandoff` metadata
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### Estimate-to-planning mapping
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| Estimate source | DemandRequirement target | Assignment target | Notes |
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| `Estimate.projectId` + approved version | `projectId` | `projectId` | direct |
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| `EstimateDemandLine.id` | `metadata.estimateHandoff.estimateDemandLineId` | same | provenance |
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| `EstimateDemandLine.name` | `role` or demand title | copied display metadata | readable context |
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| `EstimateDemandLine.roleId` | `roleId` | optional copied roleId | direct when present |
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| `EstimateDemandLine.resourceId` | `metadata.suggestedResourceId` when open | `resourceId` when assigned | demand vs assignment split eliminates nullable-resource ambiguity |
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| `EstimateDemandLine.hours` + project window | `hoursPerDay`, `percentage`, `headcount` | `hoursPerDay`, `percentage` | reused derivation logic |
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| `EstimateDemandLine.fte` | `headcount` | not needed | demand owns quantity |
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| rate and price totals | metadata snapshot | metadata snapshot | preserve auditability |
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| staffing attributes / monthly spread | metadata | metadata | direct carry-over |
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The workbook mapping is feasible. The estimating product covers wizard creation, workspace editing, version management, export generation, and planning handoff. Remaining work focuses on templates, richer comparison, and the scope-to-effort rule engine.
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