capacity-recovery · 2026-04-11 · 18 min read

The Capacity Tax: What Unplanned Work Actually Costs Your IT Organization

35–45% of enterprise IT capacity disappears before the roadmap starts — paid as an invisible tax to reactive work. Measured across 62 Fortune 500 environments in 15-minute increments.

  • Capacity Recovery
  • All Stages
  • Pillar

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