Drift Detection
Real-Time Drift Detection
Catch scope creep, spend overruns, ownership gaps, and infrastructure drift, before quarterly reviews surface problems too late.
Drift Types
Four Dimensions of Drift
Every form of drift that silently erodes initiative value, detected automatically.
Scope Drift
Detects unauthorized requirement additions, feature creep, and deliverable expansion that silently inflate project scope and cost.
- ✓Requirement count vs. baseline
- ✓User story injection rate
- ✓Deliverable expansion tracking
- ✓Change request frequency
Spend Drift
Monitors budget vs. actual spend in real time. Catches overruns, acceleration in burn rate, and unexpected cost spikes before they compound.
- ✓Budget vs. actual variance
- ✓Burn rate acceleration
- ✓Cost spike detection
- ✓Forecast deviation alerts
Ownership Drift
Identifies when responsibility gaps emerge: orphaned work streams, absent sponsors, or accountability dissolving across reorganizations.
- ✓Sponsor engagement frequency
- ✓Decision velocity tracking
- ✓RACI gap detection
- ✓Orphaned workstream alerts
Infrastructure Drift
Tracks deviations between planned and actual infrastructure usage: cloud resources, license consumption, and environment configuration.
- ✓Provisioned vs. consumed resources
- ✓License utilization variance
- ✓Environment configuration delta
- ✓Cloud cost anomaly detection
Live Alerts
Real-Time Alert Stream
Every drift event generates an actionable alert with context, severity, and recommended next steps.
Cloud Migration v2: 14 new requirements added without approval. Scope expanded 23% beyond baseline.
Data Platform Modernization: Burn rate accelerated 2.4x vs. plan. Projected $1.2M overrun at current velocity.
ERP Consolidation: Executive sponsor unresponsive for 21 days. 3 decision gates blocked.
API Gateway Rebuild: 47 idle compute instances detected. $34K/mo waste opportunity.
Comparison
Quarterly Reviews vs. Real-Time Detection
Stop governing the past. Start governing in real time.
Quarterly Reviews
- ✕Problems discovered 60-90 days late
- ✕Manual data gathering across 8+ systems
- ✕Retrospective analysis, no prevention
- ✕Executive surprises at board meetings
- ✕No pattern detection across portfolio
Real-Time Detection
- ✓Drift caught within minutes of occurrence
- ✓Automated data ingestion from all sources
- ✓Proactive alerts with remediation steps
- ✓No surprises, continuous visibility
- ✓Cross-portfolio pattern recognition
Stop the Drift
Catch Drift in Minutes, Not Months
Real-time drift detection across scope, spend, ownership, and infrastructure. See it in action.