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All 3 Documented Cases
High Rework from Excessive Design Iterations
20-50% increase in project costs due to rework (industry avg from KPI benchmarks)Design teams track high numbers of iterations and revisions needed to finalize concepts, indicating ineffective initial development and feedback loops. This leads to rework, delaying delivery and increasing costs of poor quality in the revision process. Metrics like Design Iterations KPI highlight the need for better upfront quality controls.
Excessive Time Spent on Design Revisions
$5,000-$20,000 per project in excess labor (based on avg designer salary $50/hr x 100-400 extra hours)In graphic design concept development and revision tracking, teams experience high numbers of revisions per project, leading to prolonged production cycles. This inefficiency results in wasted designer hours as time is a direct proxy for labor costs, with poor tracking exacerbating delays. Optimizing tools and communication is needed to reduce these overruns.
Idle Capacity from Prolonged Revision Cycles
$10,000+ monthly per designer in lost billable hoursRevision tracking delays cause bottlenecks in design workflows, with extended lead times and production cycle times tying up designer capacity. This results in idle resources and lost opportunities for new projects, as tracked by KPIs like Lead Time per Project and Production Cycle Time.