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name: variance-report
location: .haiku/intents/{intent-slug}/stages/analysis/artifacts/
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# Variance Report

Financial performance analysis with root cause explanations for budget deviations.

## Expected Artifacts

- **Variance analysis** -- every significant deviation explained with root cause and corrective action
- **Performance metrics** -- leading and lagging indicators with trend analysis
- **Finding categorization** -- each finding classified as structural, timing, or operational
- **Corrective actions** -- recommended responses for each significant variance

## Quality Signals

- Every deviation greater than threshold is explained with root cause
- Both leading and lagging indicators are tracked with multi-period trends
- Findings are categorized to distinguish self-correcting from action-required items
- Corrective actions are specific and assigned
