Budget
The budget of a stakeholder is the amount of money it can spend during a session, budgetary considerations and targets can guide the stakeholder in its spending. The amount of money a stakeholder has during a game is influenced by Income and Cost.
Every stakeholder has a start budget, which can be used during a session. There are various ways to get an insight into the financial status and the income and expenses of a stakeholder during a session.
Accessing the Finance View
The budget can be inspected during a session by opening the finance view. This is a special option that accessed via the action menu.
If this action is not present in any action menu available to your Stakeholder, you can add it to a menu while editing the project:
The financial view can be added to a stakeholder by first selecting an existing action menu and subsequently selecting finance in the Special Options dropdown menu.
The Budget (Indicator) is another useful tool to gain insight into the cost balance of a stakeholder and also provides a button top open the financial view.
Notes
- This page refers to Budget as the total of income and cost, not to be confused with the Budget (Indicator), an indicator assessing financial targets and income and expenses of a stakeholder.