{
  "version": "1.3.0",
  "releasedAt": "2026-05-20",
  "kpi": {
    "rogueId": "product.innovation_capacity_pct",
    "slug": "innovation_capacity_pct",
    "domain": "product",
    "defaultLabel": "Innovation Capacity %",
    "description": "Percentage of R&D capacity (typically measured in engineering-weeks or story points over a quarter) allocated to net-new capabilities, as opposed to maintenance, bug fixes, internal tooling, or customer-support engineering. The \"available bandwidth for offense\" view. Common pitfall: confusing innovation capacity (input — how much team-time is available for new work) with `offensive_roadmap_pct` (output — what proportion of the planned roadmap is growth-oriented). A team can have 60% innovation capacity allocated entirely to defensive work if the roadmap demands it. Boards should look at both together.",
    "fieldType": "percentage",
    "unit": "%",
    "maturity": "general",
    "suggestedForStages": [
      "seriesA",
      "seriesB",
      "seriesC",
      "public"
    ],
    "defaultOwningFunctions": [
      "R&D",
      "Product"
    ],
    "stageRelevance": {
      "seriesA": "recommended",
      "seriesB": "recommended",
      "seriesC": "recommended",
      "public": "recommended"
    },
    "definitionSource": {
      "tier": "editorial",
      "sourceName": "imboard Editorial",
      "sourceUrl": null,
      "sectionRef": null,
      "publicationDate": "2026-04-01",
      "attributionNotice": null
    },
    "formula": "innovation_capacity_pct = (engineering_capacity_on_new_capabilities / total_engineering_capacity) × 100. Define \"new capabilities\" explicitly — typically excludes bug fixes, performance work, internal tooling, support engineering, and tech-debt paydown. Measured in the same unit as capacity allocation (eng-weeks, story points, or sprint capacity).",
    "whyItMatters": "Surfaces structural friction. A team with only 20% innovation capacity is being eaten by maintenance and reactive work — the board should be asking why (platform debt, support load, headcount mismatch) before approving new feature commitments.",
    "interpretationGuidance": "Industry folk-wisdom, not citation-grade: 50–70% innovation capacity is typical for healthy growth-stage product engineering; below 40% suggests the team is operating in firefighting mode; above 80% suggests under-investment in platform health (will eventually pay back in `quality_churn_pct` and `scalability_headroom` compression). Trend matters most — a steady decline quarter-over-quarter is a leading indicator of accumulating maintenance debt.",
    "relatedKpiIds": [
      "product.capacity_allocation_pct",
      "product.offensive_roadmap_pct",
      "product.defensive_roadmap_pct",
      "product.rd_efficiency",
      "product.delivery_predictability"
    ],
    "metricBasis": {
      "timeBasis": "point_in_time",
      "production": "computed"
    }
  }
}