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Alert Project Managers When a Budget Is Burning Too Fast

Keep projects profitable — track logged hours and costs against each project's budget and alert the manager when burn outpaces progress.

difficulty Intermediatesetup 35 minresult Managers are warned when a project is over-burning before it blows the budget, protecting margins.—
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  1. 1

    Schedule the Check

    Add a Schedule Trigger running daily.

  2. 2

    Pull Logged Costs

    Add an HTTP Request to Harvest for each project's hours and cost to date.

  3. 3

    Compare to Budget

    Add a Code node computing burn rate against the budget and expected completion.

  4. 4

    Alert on Overrun

    Add an IF and Slack node warning the manager when burn exceeds a safe pace.

  5. 5

    Activate and Test

    Activate the workflow and feed a test project over-budget hours. Confirm the alert fires.

Frequently asked questions

How do I judge overrun?

Compare spend percentage against project completion percentage — burning ahead of progress is the warning sign.

Can I forecast the overspend?

Extrapolate current burn to completion so the alert shows the projected final overspend.

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