Budget overruns are a common reality in project management. Mataee helps you detect them as early as possible and react before they become problematic.
Alerts and visual indicators
When a project's consumption approaches its budget, Mataee warns you in several ways:
- Progress indicators: visual gauges in the supervision dashboard clearly show the percentage of budget consumed.
- Threshold alerts: when you reach a certain percentage of the budget (e.g., 80%), the interface flags the risk of overrun.
- Color coding: projects that are over budget are highlighted to immediately draw your attention.
Time entry continues
Mataee never blocks time entry, even when the budget has been exceeded. This is a deliberate choice: it is essential to continue recording the time actually spent to have reliable data.
Blocking time entry would distort your statistics and hide the reality of the effort put into a project. By maintaining accurate tracking, you can analyze the causes of overruns after the fact and better estimate your future projects.
Anticipate rather than react
The real benefit of budget tracking lies in anticipation. By regularly checking your supervision dashboard, you identify at-risk projects and can make informed decisions:
- Review the scope of the assignment with your client.
- Adjust the resources allocated to the project.
- Negotiate an amendment if the overrun is justified.
Going further
To understand in detail how to leverage budget tracking in your business, read our article Budget overrun in architecture: how to detect and control it.
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