What Is The Cost Of Misaligned Product Roadmaps
Your strategy is brilliant. Your teams are dedicated. Yet, a critical disconnect might be silently draining your resources and stalling your growth
The reality...
Internal studies often reveal that less than 30% of employees fully understand their company's strategy. This lack of clarity directly impacts execution. The painful result? Research indicates that as much as 80% of new features built deliver little to no value to users, a massive waste of development time, budget, and talent.
This isn't just inefficiency. It's millions in wasted spend, lost market opportunities, and burned-out teams constantly building in the wrong direction.
Estimate Your Potential Annual Savings:
Enter the total number of full-time equivalent (FTE) employees in your Product, Engineering, and R&D teams. These are the core teams driving your product's roadmap.
This includes salary, benefits, taxes, software, and overhead. Adjust if you know your company's precise figure.
Based on industry research, as little as 20% of features built deliver significant value. Adjust this percentage based on your team's perceived effectiveness.
While 100% strategic alignment is unrealistic due to essential maintenance and operational work (typically 20-25%), highly effective organizations can consistently achieve 75% or more of their development directly driving strategic goals. Adjust this target as you see fit.
Your Potential Annual Savings Could Be:
Imagine reclaiming this capital. Our Strategic Alignment Advisory helps you prevent this waste and reinvest it in growth.
The True Cost Goes Beyond Dollars & Cents
The calculator reveals the visible financial drain from misaligned efforts. However, the far greater cost often comes from the invisible losses:
- Missed Market Opportunities: Product teams building the wrong features means missing critical market shifts, losing competitive advantage, or failing to capitalize on emerging trends.
- Stifled Growth: Without clear alignment, even brilliant strategies remain aspirational. This directly impacts revenue targets and market expansion.
- Talent Attrition & Frustration: High-performing product and R&D talent get disillusioned when their hard work doesn't contribute to clear business outcomes, leading to burnout and costly turnover.
- Diluted Focus: Chasing too many directions or building non-strategic features dilutes your core value proposition and market identity.
My Strategic Alignment Advisory services are designed to eliminate these hidden costs, ensuring every initiative truly propels your business forward.
