Margin Sentinel.
Catch scope creep. Document the variation. Protect your margin.
Most engineering firms run a profitable bid into a break-even project because nobody flagged the scope drift until close-out. Margin Sentinel watches inbound client emails, meeting minutes, and timesheet trends against the contracted scope. When drift is detected, it auto-drafts the variation request — cost and time impact estimated, contract clause cited, supporting evidence attached. Your Project Lead approves or eats it for relationship reasons. Either way, it's a deliberate choice, not an oversight.
Two halves of the same problem.
Detect the drift
Inbound client emails, meeting minutes, and timesheet patterns scanned against the contracted scope. Soft trigger on language signals (“could you also check…”, “just one more thing…”), hard trigger on hours exceeding budget per phase.
Document the variation
When drift is detected, the variation request is drafted — cost and time impact estimated from comparable past projects, contract clause referenced, evidence attached. Most SMB firms never claim what they're owed because the paperwork burden is too high. We make it ten minutes instead of two hours.
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