Activity Analysis
The activities identified by Clara and her staff for the first ‘snapshot’ are given in
appendix 1 and the cost drivers are given in appendix 2. For the first 12 months the
total annual staff related cost for the department is £200,000 and the estimated total
number of hours for all staff is 8,000. Clara decided to include only staff related costs
in her calculations as this represented approximately 80% of total department costs.