Zero extra data entry for developers. Zero optional modules to activate.
Hover over numbered pins to see feature details.
1CPI 1.37: every euro spent produced €1.37 of value. Above 1.0, the project is under budget.
2Earned Value €219,403: story points delivered, converted into currency prorated to declared budget.
The Core Problem
Automatic EVM Metrics Calculation (CPI, SPI, EAC)
Spending 60% of a budget is great news if you delivered 75% of total scope. It is a red alert if you delivered only 40%. Traditional reporting lacks its crucial counterpart: the value actually delivered.
Earned Value Management (EVM), a global PMI standard for over 30 years, solves this. The problem has never been the methodology, but the manual effort: updating EVM spreadsheets manually takes a full day per month per project, and data is stale by committee day.
An agile team already generates this data. They estimate in points, complete tickets, and log work hours. Manifst simply does the real-time math.
Zero extra screens for developers. Metrics are a direct byproduct of the sprint.
Case Study
A €350,000 Project at Mid-Course
Here is what Manifst displays automatically without opening a single spreadsheet.
Declared Budget (BAC)
€350,000
Set once in Budget tab
Planned Value (PV)
€331,315
94.7% of scope scheduled to date
Earned Value (EV)
€219,403
62.7% of story points delivered
Actual Cost (AC)
€159,664
Logged hours × daily member rates
CPI
1.37
Cost Variance: +€59,739 favorable
SPI
0.66
Schedule Variance: -€111,912 behind
Completion Forecast (EAC)
€254,702
Final Variance: +€95,298 under budget
TCPI
0.69
Efficiency needed to stay within budget
What this tells you in one sentence: this project costs significantly less per delivered point than budgeted, but it is moving slower than planned. The risk is not financial; it is schedule-driven. The right decision is not cutting scope, but adding capacity, which budget margins comfortably support.
Without Earned Value, traditional accounting would misreport this project as "46% of budget spent, everything is on track".
Under the Hood
How Manifst calculates metrics exactly
No black box. Standard PMBOK implementation mapped to story point progress rather than manual task completion dates.
Metric
Formula
What It Tells You
Budget (BAC)
declared project budget
Baseline budget entered by the project manager.
Earned Value (EV)
(delivered SP ÷ total SP) × BAC
The financial value of work completed.
Planned Value (PV)
(scheduled SP to date ÷ total SP) × BAC
Where scope should be based on sprint timeline.
Actual Cost (AC)
Σ (logged hours × daily rate)
Total actual expenditure incurred.
CPI & CV
EV ÷ AC · EV − AC
Budget efficiency ratio. Above 1.0 means under budget.
SPI & SV
EV ÷ PV · EV − PV
Schedule efficiency ratio. Above 1.0 means ahead of schedule.
EAC & ETC
BAC ÷ CPI · EAC − AC
Forecasted total cost at completion and remaining spend needed.
VAC
BAC − EAC
Variance at completion. Positive value means money returned.
TCPI
(BAC − EV) ÷ (BAC − AC)
Target efficiency required on remaining work to stay within budget.
Key Takeaway: Story points act as the exact scale of progress. This makes automated calculations possible without manual data entry.
Contingency Buffer Included
Set a contingency percentage per project. Manifst deducts it from inside declared budget baseline rather than inflating baseline figures.
Open Commitment Tracking
Manifst tracks real actual costs of work-in-progress open items alongside EVM metrics.
Beyond Budget
A drifting metric always has an underlying root cause
Root causes usually exist inside your backlog. Risk registries map threat probability & impact, assign owners, and link directly to affected epics and tickets.
Risk register sorted by severity matrix score.
Risk Register
5×5 matrix scoring, mitigation plans, assigned risk owners, and direct links to backlog epics and tickets.
RACI Matrix
Phases, tasks, and responsibility roles. External stakeholders included without requiring accounts, with workload overload alerts.
Gantt Roadmap
Dated milestones, finish-to-start dependencies, cycle detection, and drag-and-drop rescheduling.
Budget & EVM FAQ
Do we have to declare a budget to use Manifst?
No. Without a declared budget, you keep full access to the agile platform, time tracking, and capacity planning. Only the Earned Value metrics, which rely on declared budget, remain hidden.
What if the team doesn't estimate in story points?
Manifst EVM uses story points to measure earned progress. Teams that don't estimate keep time and capacity tracking, but EVM metrics require story point estimates.
Where does Actual Cost come from?
From work hours logged on tickets, calculated against each member's daily rate.
Does this add overhead for developers?
No extra screens or separate forms for developers. Governance metrics are derived from daily sprint work. The only added step is setting the project budget once.
Can we export these numbers to BI tools?
Yes. Our REST API exposes EVM metrics per project and portfolio roll-ups, featuring a documented Power BI connector. Explore portfolio consolidation.
Who can view financial figures?
Access to the Finance section is permission-gated, configurable per role and project in settings. API keys carry explicit granular scopes.
Set a project budget. Watch what happens.
5 minutes to create a project, 1 minute to set budget. Metrics appear automatically on your first closed sprint.
