Situation Assessment: Pilot Purgatory
Stalled for 4 months: ~$309,896 in lost capacity accrued while sitting in queue.
Annual Hours Returned
18,200 hrs
Based on 14 hrs/FTE/wk across 25 employees
FTE Capacity Equivalent
+8.8 FTEs
Equivalent headcount capacity unlocked without new hiring
Annual Labor Value
$929,688
Burdened hourly rate: $51.08/hr (1.25x salary)
03 // Post-Billable-Hour Capital Preservation
Traditional Consulting
$1,433,250
Estimated billable hours @ $225/hr over 6–9 months
ChainSpark Flat-Fee Outcome SOW
$20,000
Fixed outcome pricing; deployed in 4–6 weeks
Capital Preserved
$1,413,250
Immediate savings vs legacy billable hours
04 // 36-Month Net Value & J-Curve Recovery
- Monthly Capacity Value
- Cumulative Net Benefit
Flattens the Stanford/HBR productivity J-curve to reach net break-even in ~1 months.
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