Potential Economic Benefits
💰 Potential Economic Benefit (PEB) Calculator BETA
🧭 Overview
The Potential Economic Benefit (PEB) Calculator helps teams and leaders translate software delivery improvements into tangible financial value.
It connects engineering outcomes with business impact by showing how better Speed, Efficiency, Quality, and Productivity drive measurable cost savings.
💡 In simple terms - PEB tells you how much value your improvements are adding.
⚙️ What It Does
KnowHOW continuously tracks delivery KPIs and calculates performance trends.
The PEB Calculator converts these gains into cost savings, giving you a single financial summary of improvement.
When you input:
👥 Team Size
💵 Average Cost or Billing Rate per Developer
⏱️ Duration (Month / Quarter / Year)
KnowHOW:
Aggregates KPI trends
Calculates category-wise gains
Converts them into monetary benefits
Displays results instantly on the Executive Dashboard
📊 Key Categories Measured
Category | Description | Example KPIs |
|---|---|---|
⚡ Speed | How fast teams deliver working software | Cycle Time, Lead Time, Sprint Velocity, Code Build Time, Scope Churn |
🧩 Efficiency | How well teams use their capacity | Capacity Utilization, Wastage, Delay |
🛡️ Quality | Delivery stability and defect reduction | Defect Density, Defect Seepage Rate, Defect Reopen Rate |
👩💻 Productivity | Overall delivery effectiveness | Commitment Reliability, Check-ins & PRs, PR Success Rate, PR Revert Rate |
Each category contributes to overall productivity gain through a weighted scoring model.
🔢 How It Works
🧮 Using the Calculator
1️⃣ Enter team size
2️⃣ Enter average developer cost or billing rate
3️⃣ Choose duration (Monthly / Quarterly / Yearly)
4️⃣ Click Calculate PEB
5️⃣ Review real-time savings across Speed, Efficiency, Quality, and Productivity
Your results remain visible until you change inputs or recalculate.
📈 Summary View
You’ll see:
Category-wise Gains with % improvement
Cost Savings ($) for each category
Total Potential Economic Benefit
Inline tooltips explaining metrics
Auto-refresh on parameter change
📊 A simple, financial snapshot of your engineering performance.
🚀 Coming Soon – AI Adoption Insights
The next evolution of the PEB Calculator integrates AI-assisted Agile metrics, helping you quantify how AI tools and practices amplify business value.
You’ll soon measure:
⏩ Productivity gains from AI-assisted backlog, coding, and testing
🤖 Efficiency improvements via automation and intelligent recommendations
💸 Verified ROI from AI-driven delivery acceleration
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