Create a monetary benefit plan for a project
Create a monetary benefit plan to specify the estimated benefit in a category spanning one or more fiscal periods. Project benefit plans capture the potential benefits accrued by the project when the project is executed.
Before you begin
Role required: it_project_manager
About this task
The monetary benefit plan breakdown records are automatically created when you save the benefit plan.
Procedure
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Navigate to All > Project > Projects > All.
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Open the required project.
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In the Monetary Benefit Plans related list, select New.
Note: To create a monetary benefit plan from the Financials tab in Project Workspace, select Manage.
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On the form, fill in the fields.
For field information, see Benefit Plan form.
Note: When you move the project or the milestone date, the associated benefit plans also change accordingly based on whether the benefit plan is tied to the project start date, end date, or one of the project milestones. The project property Change Resource Plan, Cost Plan and Benefit Plan Start Date with Demand or Project Start Date Change controls the behavior for project date changes.
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Select Submit.
What to do next
On the Benefit Plan form, view the benefit breakdown by fiscal period in the Monetary Benefit Plan Breakdowns related list.
- Update a monetary benefit plan breakdown for a project
Update a monetary benefit plan breakdown record that specifies the estimated and actual benefits, at a granular level, for specific fiscal periods.
Parent Topic:Starting a project
Related topics
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Create a parent-child relationship on the Project Task form
Create a non-monetary benefit plan for a project
Associate monetary and non-monetary benefit plans
Recalculating costs of all resource plans in a project
Create and manage waterfall projects
Schedule a project from a start date
Apply or change a task constraint
Activate project task email notifications
Change the planned start date of a project
Costing add-on in Project Management
Create a project status report
Migrate budget of active projects to Next Experience
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title: Create a monetary benefit plan for a project
description: Create a monetary benefit plan to specify the estimated benefit in a category spanning one or more fiscal periods. Project benefit plans capture the potential benefits accrued by the project when the project is executed.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/it-business-management/project-management/create-project-benefit-plan.html
release: brazil
product: Project Management
classification: project-management
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 5
breadcrumb: [Starting a project, Using Project Management, Project Management, Project Portfolio Management, Strategic Portfolio Management]
---
# Create a monetary benefit plan for a project
Create a monetary benefit plan to specify the estimated benefit in a category spanning one or more fiscal periods. Project benefit plans capture the potential benefits accrued by the project when the project is executed.
## Before you begin
Role required: it\_project\_manager
## About this task
The monetary benefit plan breakdown records are automatically created when you save the benefit plan.
## Procedure
1. Navigate to **All** > **Project** > **Projects** > **All**.
2. Open the required project.
3. In the **Monetary Benefit Plans** related list, select **New**.
**Note:** To create a monetary benefit plan from the **Financials** tab in Project Workspace, select **Manage**.
4. On the form, fill in the fields.
For field information, see [Benefit Plan form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/it-business-management/project-management/benefit-plan-form-project-management.md).
**Note:** When you move the project or the milestone date, the associated benefit plans also change accordingly based on whether the benefit plan is tied to the project start date, end date, or one of the project milestones. The [project property](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/it-business-management/project-management/r_InstalledWithProjectManagement.md) **Change Resource Plan, Cost Plan and Benefit Plan Start Date with Demand or Project Start Date Change** controls the behavior for project date changes.
5. Select **Submit**.
## What to do next
On the Benefit Plan form, view the benefit breakdown by fiscal period in the Monetary Benefit Plan Breakdowns related list.
- **[Update a monetary benefit plan breakdown for a project](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/it-business-management/project-management/update-benefit-plan-breakdown.md)**
Update a monetary benefit plan breakdown record that specifies the estimated and actual benefits, at a granular level, for specific fiscal periods.
**Parent Topic:**[Starting a project](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/it-business-management/project-management/t_CreateAProject.md)
**Related topics**
[Create a project task from a project]()
[Create a parent-child relationship on the Project Task form]()
[Create a non-monetary benefit plan for a project]()
[Associate monetary and non-monetary benefit plans]()
[Create a project cost plan]()
[Recalculating costs of all resource plans in a project]()
[Create an expense line]()
[Create and manage waterfall projects]()
[Schedule a project from a start date]()
[Apply or change a task constraint]()
[Update a project]()
[Copy a project]()
[Assign a project schedule]()
[Create baseline of a project]()
[Create a milestone]()
[Activate project task email notifications]()
[Change the planned start date of a project]()
[Create a cost type definition]()
[Costing add-on in Project Management]()
[Generate labor costs]()
[Create a project status report]()
[Allocate budget to a project]()
[Migrate budget of active projects to Next Experience]()
[Migrate financial baselines of projects to Next Experience]()
[Update a monetary benefit plan breakdown for a project](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/it-business-management/project-management/update-benefit-plan-breakdown.md)
| title | Create a monetary benefit plan for a project |
| description | Create a monetary benefit plan to specify the estimated benefit in a category spanning one or more fiscal periods. Project benefit plans capture the potential benefits accrued by the project when the project is executed. |
| locale | en-US |
| canonical_url | https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/it-business-management/project-management/create-project-benefit-plan.html |
| release | brazil |
| product | Project Management |
| classification | project-management |
| topic_type | task |
| last_updated | 2026-09-10 |
| reading_time_minutes | 5 |
| breadcrumb | Starting a projectUsing Project ManagementProject ManagementProject Portfolio ManagementStrategic Portfolio Management |