How does an investment become an operational asset?

Trace investment approval through project and WBS control, asset under construction, settlement, final fixed assets, and the technical objects used by Operations.

B2A investment value flow from Budget to Commitment, Actual Cost, and Capitalized Cost, mapped from WBS through PR or PO and asset under construction to Fixed Asset, with an EAM asset twin connected after commissioning. — **B2A investment value flow**Budget → Commitment → Actual Cost → Capitalized Cost, with an EAM asset twin connected after commissioning. Open the diagram for a full-size view.

READ THE MODEL

Follow investment value from authorization to operations

Build-to-Asset is fundamentally an investment value flow. The process begins before an asset exists: with an approved investment represented as Budget, normally controlled through Project System and its WBS structure. As the investment is executed, budget becomes Commitment through purchase requisitions and purchase orders, establishing how much of the approved investment has been contracted or ordered.

As goods, services, internal activities, invoices, and other project costs are incurred, committed value becomes Actual Cost. These costs are collected against the investment structure and, for capital investment, accumulate toward the Asset under Construction (AuC). The AuC represents the financial value of the asset while it is still being built.

At commissioning, the investment crosses an important boundary. The accumulated AuC value is settled and becomes Capitalized Cost on the final Fixed Asset. What began as an approved budget has now been transformed into asset value recorded in Finance.

VALUE STATES

Keep the four forms of investment value distinct

Each value state answers a different control question during the investment lifecycle.

01 · AUTHORIZE

Budget

The approved investment authority, held against the WBS investment structure for planning and availability control.

02 · COMMIT

Commitment

The contracted or ordered portion of the investment, represented through purchase requisitions and purchase orders.

03 · CONSUME

Actual cost

Incurred project cost from goods, services, internal work, invoices, and other activities, accumulated in the AuC where eligible.

04 · CAPITALIZE

Capitalized cost

The settled AuC value on the final fixed asset, forming the basis for financial reporting and depreciation.

OBJECT MAPPING

Follow the value through its enterprise objects

The value flow and object model are deliberately connected: Budget → Commitment → Actual Cost → Capitalized Cost maps to WBS → PR/PO → AuC → Fixed Asset.

WBS (PS)→PR / PO→AuC→Fixed Asset (FI)

OPERATIONS CONNECTION

Capitalization creates a financial asset; operations can retain a technical twin

Commissioning introduces a second perspective. Finance sees the completed outcome as a Fixed Asset, while Operations may represent the same real-world asset through an EAM maintenance twin, such as Equipment and Functional Location.

EAM is not part of the B2A process itself, but it belongs in the wider object model because it shows how the asset created through B2A continues into its operational life. The financial asset carries capitalized value and depreciation; the EAM object carries the technical identity used to operate, maintain, and service the asset.

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