capacity-recovery · 2025-11-25 · 10 min read

The Developer Productivity Myth: Why Only 50% of Development Time Creates Value

A study of 1,146 developers reveals only 50% of development time goes to actual value-add work—and why Q2 roadmaps slip to Q4.

  • Developer Productivity
  • Capacity Recovery
  • Software Development
  • Execution Capacity
  • Roadmap Delivery
  • Structural Overhead

This page is part of Allari's published research library. The full interactive article — including diagrams, infographics, and the live reading experience — is available at https://allari.com/resources/developer-productivity-myth.

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