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Module 04 · Budgets & finance

The budget landing, before the landing.

CAPEX, OPEX, consumed, EAC, ETC: MARCEL tracks financial steering continuously, from project to portfolio — and surfaces drifts before they become crisis topics.

CAPEX / OPEX
separate and aggregated at every level
EAC & ETC
landing and remaining work recomputed continuously
Alert thresholds
automatic email when an EAC crosses the envelope
Traced revisions
every envelope change is dated and justified
04.1

From project to portfolio, the same numbers

Each project carries its CAPEX/OPEX envelope, consumed, EAC and ETC. Programs and the portfolio aggregate automatically — the finance department and project managers read the same reality.

  • Budget dashboard — CAPEX consumed, OPEX consumed, EAC vs planned, ETC vs EAC KPIs with progress rings.
  • Automatic aggregation — per program and portfolio, without manual consolidation.
  • Consumption fed by actuals — validated timesheets × day rates + external costs: no double entry.
04.2

Drifts surface on their own

When a project's EAC crosses its envelope, MARCEL flags it: in red across the views, by email if configured, and in the AI agent's recommendations. You arbitrate while it is still a choice.

  • EAC overrun alert — configurable tolerance threshold, notification on crossing, built-in anti-spam.
  • Traced budget revisions — every envelope change is historised: who, when, why.
  • Variances visible at every level — project tile, budget page, dashboard, executive export: the red is the same everywhere.
04.3

External costs under control

Time-and-materials or fixed-price engagements, contractual day rates, invoices: MARCEL reconciles what was signed with what is invoiced, vendor by vendor.

  • T&M & fixed price — consumption tracked per contract, alerts on fixed-price contracts nearing exhaustion.
  • Contractual vs invoiced rates — variance surfaces automatically, line by line.
  • Contract expiries — D-90/60/30/7 alerts on vendor contracts, same as for resources.
“Sample testimonial — the CFO stopped asking us for extractions: he opens MARCEL, the portfolio EAC is up to date. Budget reviews went from three hours to forty minutes.”
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