Which of your projects is losing money, and since when
Take a $250,000 fixed-price project. You've spent $90,000 and the team says $120,000 more will finish it, so on paper you make $40,000. Give the remaining work a 35% swing and there's a one-in-five chance it ends in a loss. One time in ten it loses $25,000 or more. We build a system that works this out for every running project, while a manager can still do something about it.
Put your own project into the margin-at-risk calculator, or read a sample audit
Where the margin goes
An engineer is added for two weeks. A change is accepted without a change order. A review waits for a week. Each one looks small, but by the end of the year they add up.
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Which projects are going off track?
What each one will cost to finish and the chance it loses money, updated as the work goes on.
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Which work to bid for, and at what lowest price?
The lowest price that is still safe, given how unsure you are about the effort.
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Who works on what, and in what order?
Your hardest-to-replace people go to the projects where they save the most margin.
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What to renegotiate, and when?
We show whether the team is slow, the plan was wrong, the customer is late or the scope grew and nobody priced it.
A forecast for every project
Avoiding one losing project usually pays for a year of running the forecast.
For the owner
- For each project, what it will likely cost to finish, what it costs in a bad case and the chance it loses money.
- Why the margin drops, for example scope growth, rework, the wrong mix of people or delays caused by the customer.
- What you can still do about it, best first.
For the technical reader
What we need to see
Your Git, issue tracker and CI, your project plans, and enough cost and contract data to know what each project should earn.
Where to start
Talk to Jiri or Ivo about the projects that worry you. Talking to us costs nothing, and most clients go straight to building. If you want the numbers first, a short audit on one project or a part of your portfolio tells you what you are losing and what fixing it is worth.
Questions about project economics
How early can you tell a project is losing money?
Usually months before your accounts show it. A manager still has time to change the staffing, the scope or the price.
Can we start building straight away?
Yes, most clients do. If you want the numbers first, we can start with a short audit on one project or a part of your portfolio.
Tell us about one project
Tell Jiri or Ivo about the project that worries you. We will tell you where the margin goes and what fixing it could be worth.