Create a product dependency analysis tool that reveals the true cost of the external services, libraries, platforms, and internal systems required to operate a digital product.
Allow users to import dependency manifests, vendor invoices, infrastructure exports, architecture diagrams, and manually maintained service records.
Map dependencies to product features, customer journeys, revenue streams, and operational teams. Estimate direct costs, maintenance effort, upgrade burden, outage exposure, switching difficulty, and the consequences of removing a dependency.
Create a scenario planner where users can compare keeping a service, replacing it, consolidating providers, or building the capability internally.
Show which features would be affected by each decision and identify dependencies with high cost but low strategic value.
Make calculations transparent, separate measured expenses from estimates, and avoid assuming that an open-source dependency has zero maintenance cost. Include exportable reports and a prioritized review backlog.
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