Parameters
Team Size 20
Number of engineers affected by cross-team coordination
Connascence Degree 3
How many modules must change when you ship one feature
Interdependence Factor 0.5
How much extra effort each additional module adds (0.0 to 1.0)
Coordination Overhead 10
Extra hours per change on meetings and reviews
Vacuum Effort 40
Hours a feature would take in a perfectly modular system
Blended Rate $120
Average fully-loaded hourly cost per engineer
Features Per Year 48
How many feature releases your team ships annually
Your Complexity Cost
2.50x
Sync Tax
Multiplier
Multiplier
$12,000
Cost Per
Feature
Feature
$576,000
Annual
complexity cost
complexity cost
48
Features
Per Year
Per Year
2.50x
Effective Cost
Multiplier
Multiplier
Cost Breakdown Per Feature
Coordination $4,800
Integration $3,600
Maintenance $1,800
Cognitive Load $1,200
Waste $600