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app (CtrlZ-FRC4096)MCADConfidence: Medium

A FIRST robotics team tracks what to buy in a Slack List called "BOM List" in its build parts channel, with 38 items from April to October, 17 columns and 10 statuses. They're now building a Purchasing tab that copies it. PR #72 says it is "typed in by hand, separate from the BOM, which comes from Onshape." Open questions include whether Price is per item or per line, and the BOM README says costs are mentors-only while the Slack list shows prices to everyone. Linking items back to the BOM is step 5 of 6. Small team, same pattern as big ones.

Impact Analysis

Persona
Mechanical Designer
Team Size Impact
5x Multiplier
Prototype Delay
3 Days
Est. Annual Cost
$30,000
  • 1 user · 1 month240 min
  • Rest of team960 min
  • Rest of year13,200 min

monthly_minutes × 12 × team_multiplier ÷ 60 × $75/hr = $30k/yr

$75/hr assumed rate.

Annual team-minutes decomposed from the reported monthly inputs.

Evidence & Sources

1 Sources

Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Nov 2 2026 (Nov 2 8:41 AM ET through Nov 2 10:41 PM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-11-03: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.