A €18.4M plant expansion was on track according to monthly reports. But the weekly data told a different story — budget burn had been accelerating for 3 weeks, hidden by aggregated monthly reporting.
By the time the quarterly review arrived, the project would have been 23% over budget with no course correction possible. The signals were buried in spreadsheets and status updates that no one had time to cross-reference.
Leadership was confident. The data said otherwise.
Weekly spend trajectory diverged from plan 3 weeks ago. Pattern matches 4 historically delayed projects in the portfolio.
Key supplier acknowledged a 10-day delay on structural components. Downstream milestones not yet adjusted.
Two senior engineers allocated to both the expansion and a parallel production ramp-up in weeks 12–16.
“We would have found out at the quarterly review — 4 weeks too late. Praeveo gave us the signal when we could still act.”— Head of PMO, Industrial Corporation
30 seconds — and we'll get back to you within 24 hours.
Book a conversation →