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Internal Re-planning

Internal Re-planning

EVM Terms Reviewed by forProject Technology - updated Sep 2026
Quick definition: Internal Re-planning is any change to a project's budgets that stays within the existing contract scope and within the approved budget ceiling.

Internal Re-planning covers any budget change made without a contractual scope change: moving budget between Control Accounts, re-time-phasing work, converting Planning Packages into Work Packages, rolling wave planning, de-scoping effort, distributing Management Reserve into Control Accounts, and rate changes that affect Budget at Completion. The controlling test is the ceiling — so long as the sum of all Control Account budgets stays within the Contract Budget Base, or within the Total Allocated Budget once Management Reserve is counted, the change is internal re-planning. It is a normal, ongoing part of managing a project. Formal Reprogramming is what happens when that ceiling is breached.

Why it matters

Plans rarely survive contact with real work unchanged, so the ability to re-plan internally lets a project stay aimed at its original targets even as the detailed path to get there shifts. Without it, every minor adjustment would require an unnecessary formal change action.

Also known as
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Used in
Baseline Change Control

FAQ

How is Internal Re-planning different from Formal Reprogramming?
Internal Re-planning keeps the total of Control Account budgets within the Contract Budget Base. Formal Reprogramming breaks that ceiling, producing a Total Allocated Budget that exceeds the CBB, and usually needs customer approval.
Does Internal Re-planning require customer notification?
Not typically, since it doesn't change the project's overall scope, schedule, or budget objectives.
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