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title: How Much Time Does YakShaver Save?
description: >-
Discover how YakShaver optimizes your workflow and saves you valuable time
in your daily tasks.
description: Discover how YakShaver optimizes your workflow and saves you valuable time in your daily tasks.
category: Getting Started
title: How Much Time Does YakShaver Save?
date: '2025-03-18T13:00:00.000Z'
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summary: |
## Getting Started with YakShaver


Creating high-quality Scrum Work Items, PBIs, or bug reports takes
time—typically 30 minutes per item on average, sometimes over 6 hours for
complex ones involving deep discussions or dependencies.

Creating high-quality Scrum Work Items, PBIs, or bug reports takes time—typically 30 minutes per item on average, sometimes over 6 hours for complex ones involving deep discussions or dependencies.

## Time Breakdown: Where the Effort Goes


* 30–50% of time is spent in refinement meetings and collaborative effort.

* Tasks need clear descriptions, acceptance criteria, and full context to meet
the [Definition of
Ready](https://www.ssw.com.au/rules/have-a-definition-of-ready/).

* Tasks need clear descriptions, acceptance criteria, and full context to meet the [Definition of Ready](https://www.ssw.com.au/rules/have-a-definition-of-ready/).

***


## How YakShaver Helps


YakShaver uses AI to automate and accelerate Work Item creation, handling the
labor-intensive setup.

YakShaver use AI to automate and accelerate Work Item creation, handling the labor-intensive setup.

* Saves \~30 minutes per Work Item

* Ensures faster alignment with the [Definition of
Ready](https://www.ssw.com.au/rules/have-a-definition-of-ready/)

* Ensures faster alignment with the [Definition of Ready](https://www.ssw.com.au/rules/have-a-definition-of-ready/)
* Improves efficiency for both simple and complex tasks


***


## See Your Potential ROI


Want to know what this looks like for your team? Use the built-in [ROI
Calculator](https://yakshaver.ai/) to estimate time and cost savings.
Want to know what this looks like for your team? Use the built-in [ROI Calculator](https://yakshaver.ai/) to estimate time and cost savings.
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Creating a high-quality work item, bug report, or PBI that meets the Definition of Ready in a Scrum project takes ***30 minutes on average***\*. This includes writing clear descriptions, acceptance criteria, and relevant details, along with refinement meetings and collaboration time, which typically account for 30–50% of the total effort. Complex items may take **6+ hours**, especially if they require deep technical discussions or dependencies on other teams.
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