# FTE Hours Saved (Toil Reallocation Value) — Definition of Success

> KPI: FTE Hours Saved
> Target: ≥ 70% of pre-Nova FTE allocation (derived)

**What this number means:** the engineering hours saved by automated
operations, valued at the blended engineering rate. This is what those
hours were spent on instead (the "toil reallocation" — capital freed
up from ops to feature development).

**How it's computed:** `run count × manual baseline minutes per run ÷ 60
× blended hourly rate`. The manual baseline is the estimated time a
human team would take for the same operation (e.g., 30 min/ticket).

**Honesty caveat:** computed on N internal runs today; the production-
denominator activates post-pilot. The formula is grounded; the
production numbers are not yet.