Return on Investment White Paper - Cadgroup

ROI with Autodesk RevitVariable Range Impact on ROIA (system cost) $4,000 $6,000 $8000 72 – 50%B (monthly DPE) $8,400 4,200 $2,100 81 – 50%C (training time) 1 mo. 3 mos. 6 mos. 83 – 40%D (productivity loss) 25% 50% 100% 115 – 25%E (productivity gain) 50% 25% 0% 102 – 0%By plotting the numbers above on a graph, it’s easier to see the impact each variable has onROI. The steeper the line, the greater the impact.140120100806040200system cost monthly DPE training timeproductivity loss productivity gainFigure 7. Comparable impact of variables on ROI. Productivity gain and loss are thesteepest lines and have the greatest effect on ROI.Productivity gain and productivity loss have the steepest slopes and therefore, the greatestimpact on ROI. Training time and monthly DPE are tied at third and fourth, and the variablethat has the least effect on ROI is system cost. Yet the majority of the time people go tobuy a new system, they focus on system cost with little attention given to people costs.A Closer Look at System CostHow much does system cost really matter? A bare bones system costing around $6,000 hasa 61 percent first-year ROI. But what happens if you run the numbers on a $10,000www.autodesk.com/revit 8