🛠️ Development Team Costs
Cost to run one development team annually
Time for core LCMS functionality
📝 Content Team & Production
Number of people creating content
Annual salary per content creator
8-10 hours mentioned as current range
How much faster content creation will be
How many pieces of content produced per year
🔧 VAR Features (Optional)
📈 Investment Analysis
💰 Development Investment
Total Development Cost
$1,500,000
VAR Additional Revenue
$0
📝 Content Production Savings
Annual Content Team Cost
$375,000
Time Saved Per Content
1.8 hours
Annual Hours Saved
1,800
Annual Dollar Savings
$65,000
⚡ ROI Analysis
Net Annual Benefit
$65,000
Break-even Time
23.1 years
ROI (Year 1)
-96%
Cost Per Hour Saved
$36
📅 5-Year Financial Projection
Year 1 Net Position
-$1,435,000
Year 2 Net Position
-$1,370,000
Year 3 Net Position
-$1,305,000
Year 4 Net Position
-$1,240,000
Year 5 Net Position
-$1,175,000
🎯 Break-Even Analysis
Project breaks even after 23.1 years
You need at least 2,000 content pieces annually to break even in 3 years
📊 Calculating...
📋 Key Assumptions
- Development team builds LCMS (dev team cost used for build period)
- Content creators work 40 hours/week, 50 weeks/year
- Time savings apply to all content pieces equally
- VAR revenue is incremental and ongoing
- No ongoing maintenance costs included
- Benefits start immediately after development
- Hourly rate calculated from annual salary ÷ 2000 hours