Design and Setup of a new computer network system After setting up the fixed costs, in addition to the variable costs, the total budget for the Design and Setup of a new computer network system project currently comes in at $263,026 which is under the budget of $275,000 as established by the Board of Directors. Furthermore, the budget for the Planning Phase is $251,000 and has a duration of 4 weeks. Lastly, the budget for the Preparation Phase of this project comes in at $122,600 which continues on for a total of 6 weeks, and is by far currently the most expensive portion of the project. The ultimate purpose of using key performance indicators (KPI) is learning and measuring items relevant to performance and to provide information on controllable factors appropriate for informed decision-making such that it leads to positive outcomes. Good KPIs drive change but do not prescribe a course of action. However, unless it can't be measured the work usually can't be done. Good KPIs are predictive (able to predict the future of this trend), measurable (can be expressed quantitatively), actionable (triggers changes that may be necessary, relevant insofar as the KPI is directly related to the success or failure of the project, and few in number. Therefore, some of the key performance indicators which the project manager must monitor and control include, but are limited to: percent of work packages adhering to the schedule, percent of work packages adhering to the budget, number of assigned resources versus planned resources, percent of actual versus planned baselines completed to date, and percent of actual versus planned best practices used