Project accounting
Project accounting is the practice of creating financial
reports specifically designed to track the financial progress of projects, which
can then be used by managers to aid project management.
Standard accounting is primarily aimed at monitoring financial progress of
organizational elements (geographical or functional departments, divisions and the enterprise as a whole) over defined time periods (typically weeks, months, quarters and years).
Projects differ in that they frequently cross-organizational boundaries, may last for a anything from a few days or weeks to a
number of years, during which time budgets may also be revised many times. They may
also be one of a number of projects that make up a larger overall project or program.
Consequently, in a project management environment costs and revenues are also allocated to projects, which may be subdivided into a work breakdown structure, and grouped together into project
hierarchies. Project accounting permits reporting at any such level that has been
defined, and often allows comparison with historical as well as the current budgets.
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