ROI Calculator

Plato ROI Calculator – How Much Is Your Planning Process Costing You?
ROI Calculator

How much is your planning process costing you?

Take the 4-minute assessment and find out exactly how much your current planning process costs — and how much Plato can save you.

Based on Gartner & McKinsey research
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Step 1 of 4

What portfolio are you managing?

Enter the total dollar value of the IT/technology portfolio you’re responsible for planning.

My portfolio size is approximately

$50,000,000
$1M$500M+

Or type an exact amount:

$
Step 2 of 4

Tell us about your organization

These details help us calculate the true labor cost of your planning cycle.

Budget Requestors

Managers, Directors, Senior Directors
$

Individual Contributors (optional)

Project Managers, Architects, etc.
$

Planning Team

Dedicated planning/PMO staff
$
Step 3 of 4

Tell us about your planning tool

Your tool’s capabilities (or lack thereof) are a major driver of hidden planning costs.

What do you use for planning today?

📊
Spreadsheets
🏗️
PPM Tool
⚙️
Home-grown
🔧
Other
$

Does your tool support these capabilities out-of-the-box?

Toggle on if your current tool supports the feature. Each gap contributes to hidden planning costs.

Approval workflow matching your org structure
🎯
Prioritization methodologies (MCDA, SAI, RICE, etc.)
🔍
Auditability & traceability (change tracking, justifications)
🔐
Role-based access & permissioned collaboration
📈
Integrated dashboards & analytics
🔀
Scenario planning features
📋
Benefit tracking
📅
Multi-year planning support
Step 4 of 4

Tell us about your planning process

Process inefficiencies are often the largest hidden cost driver.

In months
$
Sequential and linear — phases must complete before the next begins
Hybrid — some parallelism exists
Agile — iterative, fully parallel governance
One-by-one in meetings — reviewed individually with leadership
Structured scoring — using a defined framework or scoring model
Mixed — some structured, some ad hoc
No — our planning is stable
Minor — occasional small adjustments
Significant — frequent disruptions that require leadership time