Phase 4: Budget
Allocate expenses by department and establish spending controls.
Purpose
The Budget phase converts forecasts into departmental budgets with spending limits, approval thresholds, and allocation rationale, creating the operational spending plan for the period.
Usage
/finance:budget <project>Prerequisites
The financial forecast must exist at .metapowers/finance/<project>/03-forecast.md.
What It Does
- Reads forecasts and strategic priorities
- Allocates expenses by department and cost center
- Sets headcount and compensation budgets
- Defines discretionary vs. committed spending
- Establishes approval thresholds and controls
- Writes budgets to
.metapowers/finance/<project>/04-budget.md
Output
Creates .metapowers/finance/<project>/04-budget.md containing:
- Departmental budgets with line-item detail
- Headcount plan and compensation budget
- Capital expenditure budget
- Budget approval matrix
Next Phase
After budgeting, proceed to Model to build valuation and scenario models.