Metapowers

Phase 6: Review

Monitor performance against budget and reforecast as needed.

Purpose

The Review phase compares actual financial performance against the budget and forecast, identifies variances, and produces updated forecasts when conditions change materially.

Usage

/finance:review <project>

Prerequisites

All prior phase artifacts should exist in .metapowers/finance/<project>/.

What It Does

  1. Reads actual results and compares against budget and forecast
  2. Calculates variances by department, account, and KPI
  3. Identifies root causes for significant variances
  4. Determines whether a reforecast is warranted
  5. Updates projections if conditions have changed
  6. Writes the review to .metapowers/finance/<project>/06-review.md

Output

Creates .metapowers/finance/<project>/06-review.md containing:

  • Budget vs. actual comparison with variances
  • KPI dashboard with target vs. actual
  • Variance root cause analysis
  • Reforecast recommendations or updated projections

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