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Quantify and curb invisible capacity drains.

Content & Communication#capacity-planning#shadow-work#team-visibility#invisible-capacity#production-support#glue-work#shadow-backlog
Authormanager-dot-dev
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?

Shadow Work helps engineering managers identify, quantify, and reduce hidden capacity drains that cause teams to miss commitments even when everyone seems busy. It targets invisible production support, glue work, and the shadow backlog, providing a diagnostic, an evidence plan, and concrete interventions.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Diagnose all three shadow-work types and identify the dominant capacity drain
  • Track lightweight signals for unplanned work and surface patterns over 4–6 weeks
  • Redirect off-the-record PM requests into the official backlog with clear tradeoffs
  • Provide stakeholder scripts to align PMs, leadership, and engineers

Quick Start

Tag unplanned work in your backlog and track it for 4–6 weeks to surface patterns.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

None required

Components

Standard package

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