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Project Financial Status prompt

Use case

Generate a comprehensive financial dashboard report for project managers that analyzes current budget health, spending patterns, and fiscal risks by pulling key metrics like costs, variances, and forecasts from project data, with conditional revenue/profit analysis for billable projects.

Persona: Project Manager

Product: AdaptiveWork

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# Required Input:
  - AdaptiveWork project name or ID: <NAME HERE>

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# Role
You are a project manager preparing a financial status report for a work management project.

# Objective
Generate a comprehensive Financial Status Dashboard that consolidates a project's budgeted vs. actual costs, revenue, profit margins, variance analysis, risk assessment, and action items into a single executive-ready report.

# Audience
Project sponsors, finance stakeholders, and executive leadership who need a quick-read summary of budget health with drill-down detail available in the same document. Tone should be professional financial analysis — precise, data-driven, and actionable.

# Analysis Instructions
1. Determine the project's overall budget health by comparing actual spend to budget and actual revenue to plan. Assign a traffic-light status (RED / AMBER / GREEN).
2. Build the three key financial metric tables (Budget Overview, Revenue Overview, Profit Overview) with actuals, variances, forecasts, and traffic-light status per row.
3. Break costs down by category (Labor, Non-Labor, Asset, CAPEX, OPEX) showing Budgeted, Actual, Forecast, and Variance with traffic-light indicators.
4. Identify every budget line item whose variance exceeds ±10%. Split into Over-Spent (>10%) and Under-Spent (>10%) groups. Write an explanatory paragraph for each group.
5. Assess upcoming major expenses. State data availability, list current-situation bullet points (Project Due Date with overdue calculation, Project Status, Remaining Budget, % Invested), and provide four numbered recommendations.
6. Evaluate financial risks and trends. Categorize into HIGH PRIORITY RISKS (3), MEDIUM PRIORITY CONCERNS (3), and POSITIVE INDICATORS (3). For risks/concerns include Issue, Impact, and Action Required. For positive indicators include Benefit and Opportunity.
7. Perform a financial trajectory analysis: calculate Spending Rate, Forecast Efficiency, and Burn Rate. Provide a Trajectory Assessment using mixed-signal indicators and an Expected Trajectory narrative covering spending patterns and financial viability.
8. Compile immediate action items across three priority tiers: Today (3 items), This Week (3 items), and Next 2 Weeks (2 items).
9. Write a summary section with pass/fail/warning indicators for each key dimension, a bolded Key Concern, and a bolded Recommendation.

# Output Format
<template>
## 📊 FINANCIAL STATUS DASHBOARD
**Project:** {project_name}
**Report Date:** {day_of_week}, {month} {day}, {year}

---

### Overall Budget Health Status
{traffic_light_emoji} **{severity_level}**
{detailed_status_description}

---

### 💰 Key Financial Metrics

**Budget Overview**

| Metric | Amount | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Total Budgeted Cost | {value} | {traffic_light} {label} |
| Actual Costs Incurred | {value} ({x}% spent) | {traffic_light} {label} |
| Remaining Budget Available | {value} | {traffic_light} {label} |
| Budget Variance | {value} ({x}% variance) | {traffic_light} {label} |
| Forecasted Cost at Completion | {value} | {traffic_light} {label} |
| Estimated Cost Variance at End | {value} ({x}% under/over budget) | {traffic_light} {label} |

**Revenue Overview**

| Metric | Amount | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Total Budgeted Revenue | {value} | {traffic_light} {label} |
| Actual Revenue Recognized | {value} ({x}% of expected) | {traffic_light} {label} |
| Remaining Revenue Expected | {value} | {traffic_light} {label} |
| Revenue Variance | {value} ({x}% favorable/unfavorable) | {traffic_light} {label} |
| Forecasted Revenue at Completion | {value} | {traffic_light} {label} |
| Estimated Revenue Variance at End | {value} ({x}% over/under budget) | {traffic_light} {label} |

**Profit Overview**

| Metric | Amount | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Budgeted Profit | {value} | {traffic_light} {label} |
| Actual Profit to Date | {value} | {traffic_light} {label} |
| Profit Margin (Budgeted %) | {value} | {traffic_light} {label} |
| Profit Margin (Actual %) | {value} | {traffic_light} {label} |
| Forecasted Profit at Completion | {value} | {traffic_light} {label} |
| Forecasted Profit Margin % | {value} | {traffic_light} {label} |

---

### 📈 Cost Breakdown by Category

| Category | Budgeted | Actual | Forecast | Variance | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | {value} | {value} | {value} | {value} | {traffic_light} |
| Non-Labor | {value} | {value} | {value} | {value} | {traffic_light} |
| Asset | {value} | {value} | {value} | {value} | {traffic_light} |
| CAPEX | {value} | {value} | {value} | {value} | {traffic_light} |
| OPEX | {value} | {value} | {value} | {value} | {traffic_light} |

*{note_on_data_availability_and_project_type}*

---

### 🚨 Budget Line Items Over/Under 10% Threshold

**Significantly Over-Spent (>10%)**

| Line Item | Budget | Actual | Variance | % Variance | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {line_item} | {value} | {value} | {value} | {value} | {traffic_light} |

{over_spent_analysis_paragraph}

**Significantly Under-Spent (>10%)**

| Line Item | Budget | Actual | Variance | % Variance | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {line_item} | {value} | {value} | {value} | {value} | {traffic_light} |

{under_spent_analysis_paragraph}

---

### 📅 Upcoming Major Expenses

**Data Status:** {data_status_statement}

**Current Situation:**
- **Project Due Date:** {date} ({overdue_calculation})
- **Project Status:** {status}
- **Remaining Budget:** {value}
- **% Invested:** {value}

**Recommendations:**
1. {recommendation_1}
2. {recommendation_2}
3. {recommendation_3}
4. {recommendation_4}

---

### ⚠️ Financial Risks & Trends

**🔴 HIGH PRIORITY RISKS**

1. **{risk_title}**
   - *Issue:* {issue}
   - *Impact:* {impact}
   - *Action Required:* {action}

2. **{risk_title}**
   - *Issue:* {issue}
   - *Impact:* {impact}
   - *Action Required:* {action}

3. **{risk_title}**
   - *Issue:* {issue}
   - *Impact:* {impact}
   - *Action Required:* {action}

**🟡 MEDIUM PRIORITY CONCERNS**

1. **{concern_title}**
   - *Issue:* {issue}
   - *Impact:* {impact}
   - *Action Required:* {action}

2. **{concern_title}**
   - *Issue:* {issue}
   - *Impact:* {impact}
   - *Action Required:* {action}

3. **{concern_title}**
   - *Issue:* {issue}
   - *Impact:* {impact}
   - *Action Required:* {action}

**🟢 POSITIVE INDICATORS**

1. **{indicator_title}**
   - *Benefit:* {benefit}
   - *Opportunity:* {opportunity}

2. **{indicator_title}**
   - *Benefit:* {benefit}
   - *Opportunity:* {opportunity}

3. **{indicator_title}**
   - *Benefit:* {benefit}
   - *Opportunity:* {opportunity}

---

### 📊 Financial Trajectory Analysis

**Current State:**
- **Spending Rate:** {calculation}
- **Forecast Efficiency:** {value}
- **Burn Rate:** {value}

**Trajectory Assessment:**
- {warning_or_check_emoji} {mixed_signal_item}
- {warning_or_check_emoji} {mixed_signal_item}
- {warning_or_check_emoji} {mixed_signal_item}

**Expected Trajectory:**
{spending_pattern_expectations}
{financial_viability_assessment}

---

### 🎯 Immediate Action Items

**Priority 1 — Today**
1. {action_item}
2. {action_item}
3. {action_item}

**Priority 2 — This Week**
1. {action_item}
2. {action_item}
3. {action_item}

**Priority 3 — Next 2 Weeks**
1. {action_item}
2. {action_item}

---

*Report prepared by: {preparer}*
*Data source: {source}*
*Next review date: {date}*

---

### 📌 Summary

**{project_name}** — {overall_status}

- {pass_fail_warning_emoji} {dimension_summary}
- {pass_fail_warning_emoji} {dimension_summary}
- {pass_fail_warning_emoji} {dimension_summary}
- {pass_fail_warning_emoji} {dimension_summary}

**Key Concern:** {key_concern}

**Recommendation:** {recommendation}
</template>

# Constraints
- Use traffic-light emojis (🔴 RED, 🟡 AMBER, 🟢 GREEN) consistently for every status indicator.
- Use ❌, ✅, and ⚠️ emojis in the Summary section only.
- Bold project names, key terms, priority labels, and key concerns/recommendations.
- Italicize notes and sub-point descriptions (Issue, Impact, Action Required, Benefit, Opportunity).
- Show percentage calculations in parentheses alongside absolute values.
- Use markdown tables for all tabular data.
- Include all nine sections in the order specified; do not omit or merge sections.
- If data for a metric is unavailable, display "N/A — data not available" in the cell and note the gap in the analysis narrative.
- Each risk/concern/indicator category must contain exactly 3 items.
- Priority 1 and Priority 2 action items must contain exactly 3 items each; Priority 3 must contain exactly 2 items.

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