The Problem
The Alignment Tax is killing your product teams
Strategy lives in slide decks. Documentation is written once and never updated. Every PM has their own style. The result? Drift, rework, and endless meetings to re-explain decisions that should already be clear.
61%
of executives say half their decision-making time is ineffective
"61 percent of executives said that at least half the time they spent making decisions was ineffective."
McKinsey, 2019
40-50%
of project budget wasted on rework from poor requirements
"The absence of mature requirements processes raises the additional cost of rework to 40% to 50% of the initial project budget."
IREB, Germany
1 in 6
IT projects is a "black swan" with 200% cost overrun
"Fully one in six of the projects we studied was a black swan, with a cost overrun of 200%, on average."
Oxford University, 2011
66%
of organizations regularly miss project deadlines or budgets
"Only 34% of organizations mostly or always complete projects on time, and only 34% mostly or always complete projects on budget."
Wellingtone, UK, 2024
€76M
of taxpayer money wasted on Belgium's i-Police IT project, fully cancelled
"Scope changes, poor oversight, and years of delays led to full project cancellation with zero results delivered."
Brussels Times, 2024
