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    Unplanned
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    Capacity Drains

    Unplanned Work

    Work that arrives without warning and displaces planned initiatives—the primary source of roadmap slippage.

    35-45% of capacity lost
    Source: Organizations with poor change management practices spend 35-45% of time on unplanned work (2023)

    Why It Matters

    Unplanned work is the silent killer of IT roadmaps. Every hour spent firefighting is an hour not spent on the initiatives that move your business forward. When 35-45% of your team's bandwidth disappears into reactive work, strategic projects slip—not because of poor planning, but because capacity was never there to begin with.

    How Allari Addresses This

    ID² creates a structured intake system that normalizes incoming work, classifies requests by urgency and complexity, and creates predictable execution flow. By defining work before it enters the system, unplanned work transforms into planned work.

    Learn about ID²

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