Alert design
Budget alerts should include project, provider, amount, threshold, and the largest moving service. Otherwise the alert creates investigation work instead of action.
- Use project thresholds for owner context.
- Use anomaly alerts for sudden spikes.
- Deduplicate monthly budget alerts.
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Frequently asked
Should alerts go to finance only?
No. Engineering owners need the context to fix most issues.
What thresholds work?
Start with 80 percent budget and unusual day-over-day movement, then tune.