shadow-work - Identify and reduce hidden capacity drains
Diagnose untracked work draining team capacity and produce evidence plans with concrete interventions
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Updated: 2026-05-28Capabilities
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What this skill does
- diagnose shadow-work types
- create lightweight tracking
- run frequency analysis
- rotate hot-fix responsibility
- name glue work explicitly
- distribute skills downward
- protect maker time
- budget shadow capacity
- redirect PM requests
- present backlog data
Inputs
- engineering manager context
- team member reports
- minimal manager profile
- minimal person profile
Outputs
- diagnostic report
- evidence plan
- concrete interventions
- stakeholder message scripts
- updated context files
Requirements
- engineering management role
- access to team information