Technical debt accounts for about 40% of IT balance sheets, with 30% of CIOs reporting that more than 20% of their 'new product' budget actually goes to resolving technical debt issues. McKinsey found companies spend up to 20% of their entire IT budget managing technical debt consequences, while the actual cost is often double what appears on the books.

Currently, only 16.2% of IT projects finish on time and within budget. But that's because teams lack visibility. UK councils spend £2.3 billion annually just patching systems, some over 30 years old. With clear data on dependencies, usage patterns, and actual costs, you join the successful minority who deliver on their promises.

75% of IT professionals report feeling their projects are set up to fail before they even begin, with 80% spending half their time on rework and reshaping requirements mid flight.

Right now, 10,000 experienced workers reach retirement age every day. The people who know your systems inside out, who remember why that database can't be touched, who know the undocumented workarounds. They're taking decades of knowledge with them. Smart organisations are capturing this intelligence now, while they still can.

Research shows that 52.7% of software projects end up costing 189% of their original estimates. What starts as a 3-month modernisation becomes 18 months of explanations. Legacy systems hide their true complexity, and 39% of project failures stem from poor requirements gathering. Those undocumented dependencies that only surface after you've committed to timelines.