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COMPAct (singhaman1750)MCADConfidence: Medium

A gearbox golden check wrote every case's CAD equation files into one shared CADs folder, ran 25 to 40 minutes, and overwrote the engineer's local CAD files, so people ran git checkout after each check.

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
singhaman1750/COMPAct PR #87: Golden check: own CAD folder per case (25–40 min → 10.5 min)
github.com
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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digest, Oct 24-25 2026 (Oct 24 evening to Oct 25 morning slots). Verified live 2026-10-25: issue/PR read on GitHub; title and state confirmed.