Finally got my boss to approve a new software tool by showing the cost in saved hours

I tracked my team's time on manual reports for a month, which was about 15 hours total, and compared it to the $30/month subscription. He signed off the same day. Has anyone else found a specific metric that finally got budget approval for something?

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wadeyoung22d ago

But what if that 15 hours is actually useful time? Maybe the manual process forces your team to spot errors or learn the data better. A cheap tool might just create a new problem to manage.

mitchell.shane22d ago

Oh sure, @wadeyoung, let's pay people to stare at spreadsheets for 15 hours to maybe find a typo. That's like saying walking to work is useful because you might spot a penny on the sidewalk. My team could actually learn something useful with that time, like how to avoid these manual tasks forever.