The concepts below explain the subjects of Invantive Estate and how they relate to each other. Everything in the product hangs off a project, so the topics start there: - [[Invantive Estate/Concepts/Project|Project]]: the unit of work and money; individual, master and sub projects, phases and the people responsible; - [[Invantive Estate/Concepts/Cost Types|Cost Types]]: the cost categories in which every amount is registered, and how they are grouped; - [[Invantive Estate/Concepts/Budgets|Budgets]]: the approved budget per cost category, budget movements, contract budgets and the budget for the next phase; - [[Invantive Estate/Concepts/Orders and Contracts|Orders and Contracts]]: the commitments made to suppliers; - [[Invantive Estate/Concepts/Latest Estimates and Expectations|Latest Estimates and Expectations]]: costs that are still to come and not covered by an order; - [[Invantive Estate/Concepts/Deviation and Prognosis|Deviation and Prognosis]]: how the prognosis of the result and the deviation from the budget are worked out; - [[Invantive Estate/Concepts/Revenues and Units|Revenues and Units]]: what a project sells or rents out; - [[Invantive Estate/Concepts/Invoices|Invoices]]: invoices, invoice lines and draft invoice lines; - [[Invantive Estate/Concepts/Processes|Processes]]: activities to follow up, their statuses and the workflow between them; - [[Invantive Estate/Concepts/Hours|Hours]]: time registration, timesheet statuses, working schedules and project allocations; - [[Invantive Estate/Concepts/Cash Flow Projections|Cash Flow Projections]]: the net present value of a project; - [[Invantive Estate/Concepts/Project Versions|Project Versions]]: snapshots of a project and time travel; - [[Invantive Estate/Concepts/Organisations and Persons|Organisations and Persons]]: customers, suppliers, employees and their involvement; - [[Invantive Estate/Concepts/Documents|Documents]]: documents linked to the subjects above; - [[Invantive Estate/Concepts/Security|Security]]: who may see and change which project and which function.