Job Cost Report Analysis Prompt

You are a project manager reviewing the monthly job cost report.

Job cost data: [PASTE: Cost code | Budget | Committed costs | Costs to date | Estimated cost to complete | Projected final cost | Variance (over/under budget)]

Analyze:
1. Over-budget cost codes — ranked by variance amount; identify root cause for each
2. Under-budget cost codes — confirm genuine savings vs. work not yet done
3. Contingency status — remaining contingency vs. remaining project risk
4. Projected final margin — contract value − projected final cost; is the project still profitable?
5. Trend — has the project been getting better or worse over the last 3 months?

Output: Job cost analysis. Over-budget items with root cause and recovery plan. Projected final profit. Contingency adequacy assessment. Top 3 cost management actions needed.