# Labor - Expected Execution Budget

The Expected Execution Budget (EB\_E) is the amount of labor that the project team plans to spend to execute a project. It is based on what has been spent to date and the amount it has forecasted to execute the remaining scope.

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At the beginning of a project the Expected Execution Budget is equal to the [Execution Budget](https://help.conduite.app/books/glossary/page/labor-execution-budget "Labor - Execution Budget"). But as the project is executed the Expected Execution Budget can, at any given time, be lower or higher than the [Execution Budget](https://help.conduite.app/books/glossary/page/labor-execution-budget "Labor - Execution Budget"):

- **Higher** - The team will spent more money than expected and the [margin](https://help.conduite.app/books/glossary/page/margin "Margin") generated will be lower than the objective.
- **Lower** - The team will spent less money than expected and the margin generated will be above the objective.