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P75
Averages
Elite
Good
Fair
Needs Focus
Coding Time
< 0.5< 19hours
0.5 - 2.519 - 44hours
2.5 - 2444 - 99hours
> 24> 99hours
Pickup Time
< 1< 7hours
1 - 37 - 13hours
3 - 14 13 - 24hours
> 14> 24hours
Review Time
< 0.5< 5hours
0.5 - 35 - 14hours
3 - 18
14 - 29
hours
> 18> 29hours
Merge Frequency
> 2> 2per dev/week
2 - 1.52 - 1.5per dev/week
1.5 - 11.5 - 1
per dev/week
< 1< 1per dev/week
Deploy Time
< 3< 6hours
3 - 696 - 50hours
69 - 197
50 - 137hours
> 197> 137hours
Cycle Time
< 19< 73hours
19 - 6673 - 155hours
66 - 128
155 - 304hours
> 218> 304hours
Deployment Frequency
> 1/day> 1/day
> 2/week98 - 148
1-2/week
148 - 218
< 1/week> 218
Change Failure Rate
< 1%< 1%
1% - 8%1% - 8%
8% - 39%
8% - 39%
> 39%
> 39%
MTTR
< 7< 7hours
7 - 97 - 9hours
9 - 10
9 - 10hours
> 10> 10hours
PR Size
< 98> 219code changes
98 - 148219 - 395code changes
148 - 218
395 - 793code changes
> 218<> 79code changes
Rework Rate
< 2%< 2%
2% - 5%2% - 5%
5% - 7%
5% - 7%
> 7%> 7%
Refactor Rate
< 9%< 9%
9% - 15%9% - 15%
15% - 21%
15% - 21%
> 21%> 21%
Planning Accuracy
> 85%
> 85%
85% - 60%85% - 60%
60% - 40%
60% - 40%
< 40%< 40%
Capacity Accuracy
85% - 115%85% - 115%
Ideal Range
2% - 5%
2% - 5%
Under Commit
5% - 7%
5% - 7%
Potential Under Commit
> 7%> 7%
Potential Over Commit
*Calculated using 75th percentile
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3.6M
PRS
64
COUNTRIES

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