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AI did not make delivery cheaper. It made it harder to explain.

AI-assisted development changes the shape of delivery cost. Implementation drops, but review and rework shift. Here is how to account for it honestly.

AI-assisted development is real, but the story that it simply makes delivery cheaper is too simple.

Two sides of the AI ledger

AI reduces implementation time. It also shifts effort into review, validation, and rework. Honest accounting tracks both sides.

+17h
Net delivery gain
After accounting for added review overhead on AI-assisted work.
AI economics41% AI-assisted
Implementation saved
+21h
Review overhead
−4h
Net delivery gain
+17h
Implementation saved, review overhead added, net gain explained.

Explaining it to clients

Clients increasingly ask whether AI should reduce their bill. The answer is more nuanced than yes or no — and a report that separates savings from overhead lets you have that conversation with evidence.

Sample report

See what client-ready proof looks like.

Download an anonymised example SDLC ROI report — what shipped, what changed, what it cost, and how confident the data is.

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