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Engineering Budget Planning & Forecasting: From Chaos to Control

January 18, 2025•By Steve Winter•1 min read•
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A practical framework for planning and managing engineering budgets. Includes templates for headcount planning, infrastructure costs, tool spending, and quarterly forecasting with real examples.

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The Budget Conversation You're Dreading

The CFO asks: "How much will engineering cost next year?" You freeze. Too high, and you won't get the headcount you need. Too low, and you'll be fighting for every hire. And infrastructure costs? They're growing 30% per quarter—but you're not sure why.

Most CTOs approach budgets reactively: estimating headcount, guessing at infrastructure, and hoping nothing breaks. Then AWS sends a surprise $50K bill, or you can't hire that senior engineer because "we don't have budget."

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