In a former life, projects were paid for either from 'expense' or 'capital expenditure' buckets. Investors like expenses to be low as possible, but capital expe

In a former life, projects were paid for either from 'expense' or 'capital expenditure' buckets. Investors like expenses to be low as possible, but capital expenditure is investment in the future. Managers were always trying to creatively finagle projects in whichever bucket had some available money.