Calculate costs screen

Your checklist!

Collect this information to calculate your costs successfully.

Do you have:

Do you know:

The target group/s by location, industry, size, etc. Will community organisations or members of the community be affected?
The number of businesses, community organisations or individuals in each target group?
The characteristics of businesses in each target group?
The size of the businesses you're costing (info from the Australian Bureau of Statistics):

Small business: if employing less than 20 workers.
Medium business: if employing 20 or more workers, less than 200 workers.
Large business: if employing 200 or more workers.
Community organisations: Any organisation engaged in charitable or other community-based activity operating under Australian law and not established for the purpose of making a profit.

Do you have / know:

For each option, a list of tasks those affected will need to perform. The cost categories will help you think about the tasks a segment may need to perform. (Tasks can be split into ongoing and start-up.)
Who will perform each task? For example, a manager, an employee, and/or an outsourced entity?
The number of businesses, community members, government sectors affected by an activity.
The number of people performing an activity.
The number of times the activity is performed per year.
The average time each staff needs to do the activity (in hours).
The labour cost (wage + non-wage labour costs) to perform each activity.
If the business, local or state government or community member needs to purchase a product (equipment) or service (legal advice), how much will it cost?