Data Layer Cost Sheet

	A	B	D	E	G	H	J	K	M	N	O	P
1					Without a Data Layer		With a Data Layer
2	Role	Hourly Rate	Task	Role	Hours	Annual Cost	Hours	Annual Cost		Analyst Hrs/Mo	Total Monthly Hrs	% of Month
3	Developer	$150	Initial Implementation	Developer	5	$750	40	$6,000	Without DL	70	160	44%
4	Analyst	$100	Initial TMS Config	Analyst	40	$4,000	5	$500	With DL	10	160	6%
5			Monthly Maintenance	Analyst	40	$48,000	10	$12,000	Reclaimed Time			38%
6			Monthly Maintenance	Developer	5	$9,000	15	$27,000
7			Monthly Add'l Report Config**	Analyst	30	$36,000	0	$0
8			Annual Cost*			$97,750		$45,500
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11			* Note that every business is unique. These numbers are intended to be used as an index and not a precise calculation. There are hidden costs associated with data accuracy, lossage, and general organizational trust that is greatly exacerbated without a data layer.
12			** This calculates additional data transformation, consolidation, translation, and filtering that's necessary to replicate data that would be otherwise correctly labeled with a data layer
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