AI BriefingThe Economics of Software Teams: Why Most Engineering Organizations Are Financially 'Blindfolded'
Key point
When engineering teams' costs and value creation aren't visible as numbers, decision-making becomes distorted.
Details
Most engineering organizations operate without seeing team-level costs and value creation in numbers, and as a result, they repeatedly make financially inefficient decisions.
The annual cost of an 8-person team is approximately €1.04 million, which translates to €87,000 per month, or €4,000 per day.
From this perspective, every decision—feature development, delaying improvements, changing priorities—is not simply a scheduling matter but a clear monetary choice.
The core message is that engineering should be viewed not just as a technical challenge but as an economic unit.
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