Engineering Team Showback & Accountability

Catalyst FinTech · Q1 2025 Allocation

Portfolio Variance
+3.1%
vs budget
Cost per Deploy
$42
-12% MoM
Action Closure Rate
67%
Rightsizing Backlog
38
tickets open
Shared Infra Allocation
22%
Platform Tribe

Squad Budget Variance Leaderboard

Platform Squad
-4.2%
Data Squad
-2.8%
Auth Squad
-1.2%
Frontend Squad
+2.4%
Analytics Squad
+7.3%
Payments Squad
+14.2%

Cost per Deploy by Squad

Optimization Action Burndown

Squad Scorecard (Top 8 Teams)

Squad Allocated Budget Actual Spend Variance Actions Closed Cost/Deploy Engagement
Platform Squad $48,200 $46,150 -4.2% 12/14 $32 High
Data Squad $36,800 $35,770 -2.8% 8/11 $38 High
Auth Squad $22,400 $22,130 -1.2% 6/9 $29 Medium
Frontend Squad $18,900 $19,350 +2.4% 4/8 $41 Medium
Analytics Squad $29,300 $31,440 +7.3% 3/10 $52 Medium
Payments Squad $42,600 $48,650 +14.2% 2/12 $67 Low
Search Squad $31,200 $32,890 +5.4% 5/7 $46 Medium
Notifications Squad $14,700 $15,020 +2.2% 3/6 $35 High

Shared Infrastructure Cost Allocation

Peer Benchmark Distribution

Engagement Score

67 out of 100

Self-Service Savings

$127K
Realized this quarter
+34% vs Q4

Rightsizing Queue Age

18
days avg age
+3 days vs last month

Critical: Payments Squad +14.2% Over Budget

Load-test environment ($6,050/mo) left running for 3 weeks after Q4 release testing. Cluster auto-scaling not disabled.

Root cause: Manual teardown process, no automated TTL
Impact: $6,050 unplanned spend; 14.2% budget variance
Actions open: 10/12 optimization tickets still pending

Recommended Interventions

1
Implement env auto-shutdown policy (7-day TTL)
2
Escalate 10 pending optimization tickets to EM
3
Schedule squad FinOps training session
4
Review cluster autoscaling config
Allocation Period: January 2025
Roster Sync: Jan 28, 2025 08:00 UTC
Data Source: AWS Cost Explorer + Jira
Next Review: Feb 15, 2025