Calculate what rework may be costing your team.

Common questions

How do you calculate the cost of rework?

Estimate the hours your team spends redoing completed work (headcount × paid hours per week × working weeks × the share that is rework), value them at your fully loaded hourly cost, then add manager coordination, known material or vendor costs, and any documented delay cost. That gives a gross annual rework cost you can break down and challenge.

What counts as rework?

Rework is time or resources spent correcting, revising, rebuilding, reprocessing, or repeating work that was already considered finished or ready to move forward. It excludes ordinary first-pass work and healthy iteration such as drafts and planned reviews.

Is this rework cost calculator free?

Yes. The full breakdown, the addressable-cost estimate, the uncertainty range, and the methodology are available with no account and no email required.