Category: Cost Management
09/24/2025
Strategic Forecasting Part 2: Building a Calendar System That Anchors Multi-Year Models
Most finance teams use rough approximations like "22 working days per month," creating systematic errors that compound into millions of dollars of variance in multi-year forecasts. Precise calendar systems that account for holidays, time off, and productivity patterns dramatically improve forecast accuracy and stakeholder confidence.
09/17/2025
Jira for Sprints, not Audits: Why Jira for Audits Won't Suffice
08/22/2025
Audit Readiness Isn’t Just Finance’s Job
Audit readiness isn’t just a finance function it’s an organizational discipline. Numbers may reconcile, but if the processes behind them are weak or inconsistent, auditors notice. True audit readiness comes from culture: how teams classify projects, log time, approve expenses, and follow controls when no one’s watching. When culture, systems, and assessments work together, audits shift from annual panic to continuous confidence.
08/19/2025
How Time Tracking Data Transforms Multi-Year Financial Models: Strategic Financial Forecasting Series Part 1
Time tracking is one of the most overlooked but powerful inputs in financial planning. This article shows how historical time data fuels accurate forecasting, from building seasonal labor models to aligning capacity with revenue. For finance leaders, time tracking is the foundation of smarter budgeting, scenario planning, and strategic growth.
07/28/2025
The Hidden Economics of Engineering: How Clean Data Input Systems Transform Cost Management
Engineering labor is often a company's largest cost—and its least understood. This article explores how clean data input systems transform cost management, enabling better resource allocation, audit readiness, and financial strategy. For engineering-led organizations, clean data isn't overhead it's infrastructure for economic advantage.
07/23/2025
Portfolio Governance with Purpose: How Time Awareness Drives Business Value
Time is the currency of strategy. Learn how time tracking powers portfolio governance to improve prioritization, capacity planning, and business outcomes.
07/21/2025
Why Engineering Cost Management Can't Rely on Metrics Alone
Engineering metrics like velocity and cycle time are valuable but they don’t tell you what work costs. This post explores why engineering cost management requires structured time data, and how finance, IT, and engineering teams can close the gap between activity and financial insight.
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