Finding out a project lost money after it ships is too late. Here is how to watch margin, utilization, and pipeline in real time, while you can still act.
After the project is too late
Most studios reconcile profit at the end, in a spreadsheet, weeks after delivery. By then the lesson is expensive and unchangeable. The number you need is the one you can still act on, while the project is open and the hours are still being spent.
Margin as a live number
When tracked time, expenses, and the contract value live in one place, margin becomes a number you can watch, not a postmortem. Stelaah shows profit per project as it moves, so a job drifting toward the red is visible while there is still time to have the scope conversation.
Utilization and pipeline, together
Profit is only part of the picture. Stelaah puts utilization and pipeline beside margin, so you can see whether the team is overloaded, where the next work is coming from, and which clients are worth more of your attention.
- Profit per project, updated as time is logged.
- Team utilization, so you staff without guessing.
- Pipeline value, so a slow month is never a surprise.
Numbers you can act on
The point of a report is a decision. Because the data is real and current, you can raise a scope change, reassign a stretched teammate, or chase the next deal while it still matters, not after the quarter closes.
See it in the product: Reports in Stelaah.
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