Most utilities build a CIP in a spreadsheet every few years — when the state requires it or a grant demands it — then it sits on a shelf, disconnected from what's actually breaking. Capital requests reach the board without data, and boards without data say no. LRMS builds your CIP straight off the asset registry: when useful life runs out or a risk score crosses the line, the project is already there — costed and ready to defend.
Every module talks to every other. Start small, grow into the rest.