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Engineering Metrics Benchmarks

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ELITE
Strong
fair
needs focus
Cycle time
< 42 hours
42-95 hours
95-188 hours
188+ hours
Coding time
< .5 hours
.5 - 1 hour
1 - 4.5 hours
4.5+ hours
PICKUP TIME
< 1 hour
1 - 3 hours
3 - 14 hours
14+ hours
ReView Time
< 1 hour
1 - 5 hours
5 - 21 hours
21+ hours
DEPLOY TIME
< 1 hour
1 - 20 hours
20 - 196 hours
196+ hours
DEPLOY FREQUENCY
Daily +
>1/week
1/week
<1/week
PR SIZE
< 105 code changes
105 - 155 code changes
155 - 229 code changes
229+ code changes
REWORK RATE
< 2%
2% - 6%
6% - 12%
12%+
PLANNING ACCURACY
> 80%
79 - 65%
64 - 40%
< 40%
*Calculated using 75th percentile See averages Benchmarks
Data Sourced from
+1,971
TEAMS
+4.5M
BRANCHES

The Engineering Metrics Benchmarks Study

The Engineering Metrics Benchmarks were created from a study of 1,971 dev teams and +4.5M branches. For the first time since DORA published their research in 2014, engineering teams are able to benchmark their performance against data-backed industry standards. Continue reading to learn more about our data collection and metric calculations.

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