What Could a Poorly Managed Project Cost You?

What Could a Poorly Managed Project Cost You? – SHINE Calculator

What could a poorly managed project cost you?

Enter a few numbers based on your project's reality. The calculator shows how quickly delays, cost overruns and lost value turn into a serious business problem.

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What is the project budget? 2,000,000 CZK

Internal and external project costs. A rough estimate is fine.

100,000 CZK50,000,000 CZK

How long is the project planned to take? 16 weeks

Used to calculate the delay as a percentage of the planned schedule.

4 weeks104 weeks

By how many weeks could the project realistically overrun? 4 weeks

Enter a realistic scenario, not a worst case.

0 weeks52 weeks

What does one week of delay cost you? 50,000 CZK / week

Include internal costs, penalties, lost opportunities, blocked capacity or delayed benefit realisation.

0 CZK2,000,000 CZK

What budget overrun is at risk? 11 %

The default is conservative. Research shows organisations waste an average of 11.4% of investment; IT projects commonly overrun by 27–45%.

0 %45 %

What value is the project expected to deliver? 3,000,000 CZK

The benefit the project should create: savings, revenue, capacity, quality, reduced risk or strategic value.

0 CZK100,000,000 CZK

Include strategic value – delayed revenue ramp-up, blocked capacity, missed opportunities.

What share of that value is at risk from weak management? 20 %

A conservative estimate of value loss. Research on large IT projects reports up to 56% lower actual business value than originally planned.

0 %56 %

Expected cost of SHINE support 19,900 CZK

The default reflects the entry-level package. Increase for broader support, workshops or a longer engagement.

19,900 CZK199,000 CZK

You don't need exact figures. The goal is a quick order-of-magnitude estimate, not a financial audit.

▼ Methodology and sources

This calculation is an illustrative estimate, not a guarantee. It combines three typical sources of project loss: delays, cost overruns and failure to deliver expected value. The default values are set conservatively.

They are based on research showing that organisations waste an average of 11.4% of investment due to poor project performance; typical IT projects overrun budgets by approximately 27%, large IT projects by up to 45%, and large IT projects may deliver up to 56% less actual business value than originally anticipated.

The actual impact depends on project type, organisational context, leadership decisions, quality of brief, resource availability and change management capability.

Sources: PMI Pulse of the Profession, Apollo Technical 2026, Planisware 2026, The Standish Group / CHAOS Report, Wellingtone State of Project Management, and internal SHINE research summaries.

Indicative economic exposure

1,020,000CZK

indicative risk value if the project continues on its current trajectory

Delay loss 200,000 CZK

Budget overrun risk 220,000 CZK

Value at risk 600,000 CZK

Delay vs. plan 25 %

Exposure vs. budget 51 %

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