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# Do you know if you have the best engineering team?

**Pensero Benchmark shows exactly where your org stands** against real global peers, on real delivery, quality, and AI impact.

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Benchmark

Last quarter Jan 01 – Mar 31

How does your organization compare? · Jan 01 – Mar 31

- Delivery per headcount94th percentile
- Defect rate18th percentile
- AI-assisted code87th percentile
- Collaboration89th percentile
- Innovation rate25th percentile
- Roadmap alignment36th percentile
- Cycle time69th percentile
- Capitalizable50th percentile
- Talent density87th percentile
- Knowledge gaps74th percentile

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The question

Every leadership team is being asked the same question:

## “Are we competitive?”

But there's no answer to the only question that actually matters:

Compared to who?

> I was being told by the board we were slow to ship, but I didn't have visibility into why. **Now our entire team is above the 80th percentile.**

Andrew EyeCEO and Founder![ClosedLoop](/assets/closedloop.LndNNhWa.svg)

Before
:   “Slow to ship”, with no data to explain why.

After Pensero
:   80th percentile
:   entire team, measured against peers

Opinions vs. reality

## Other benchmarks are built on opinions. Pensero is built on reality.

### Others benchmarks rely on

- Self-reported surveys
- Generic industry reports
- Vanity metrics ( PRs, deploys, activity)

### Pensero benchmarks

- Real production data
- Complexity-weighted delivery
- Actual engineering outcomes

So when you see a percentile, it means something.

Six dimensions

## Measure where you stand across 6 dimensions.

1. ### 1Know if AI is improving output or just inflating activity

   Adoption is visible. Impact is not.

   Pensero shows:

   - AI-assisted code

   So you can answer:

   Is AI making us better or just increasing volume?

   ![AI-assisted code: share of merged code that was AI-assisted, with its percentile rank over time.](/assets/ai-assisted-code.xBFa5IKy_1ag6WV.webp)
2. ### 2Know if quality is holding or breaking

   AI makes speed easier. Quality harder.

   Pensero shows:

   - Defect rate
   - Knowledge gaps

   So you can answer:

   Are we getting faster or creating future problems?

   ![Defect rate: share of delivery spent fixing bugs, with its percentile rank over time.](/assets/defect-rate.9lsMEGd2_ZcHjMj.webp)
3. ### 3Know if speed is real or perceived

   Shipping faster is easy to claim, hard to prove.

   Pensero shows:

   - Cycle time

   So you can answer:

   Are we actually moving faster or just shifting work around?

   ![Cycle time: median time from ticket assignment to code merged, with its percentile rank over time.](/assets/cycle-time.DE82ixKq_1nbcXw.webp)
4. ### 4Know if your team is actually productive

   More output doesn’t always mean more impact.

   Pensero shows:

   - Delivery per headcount
   - Innovation rate
   - Capitalizable output

   So you can answer

   Are we truly productive or just busy?

   ![Delivery per headcount: average weekly delivery points per active developer, with its percentile rank over time.](/assets/delivery-per-headcount.BXah09ye_Z1VirVi.webp)
5. ### 5Know if your engineering investment makes sense

   Engineering is one of your largest costs.

   Pensero shows:

   - Delivery per headcount
   - Capitalizable output
   - Defect rate

   So you can answer:

   Are we getting the return we should from what we spend?

   ![Capitalizable: share of delivery eligible for capitalization, with its percentile rank over time.](/assets/capitalizable.u3zDG5Aq_QoEMp.webp)
6. ### 6Know if your team is structured to scale

   Performance is systemic, not only about individuals.

   Pensero shows:

   - Contribution distribution
   - Collaboration intensity
   - Review effectiveness

   So you can answer:

   Do we have a scalable team or hidden bottlenecks?

   ![Collaboration: share of delivery spent on collaboration and enablement, with its percentile rank over time.](/assets/collaboration.DKJHDsQW_1uc0vN.webp)

One scorecard. Full picture.

## One scorecard. The full picture.

Performance isn't just output. Evaluate delivery, quality, talent and collaboration, then watch where the line is heading.

### You don't just see where you are

- 10 performance dimensions
- Percentile ranking (0–100)
- 6-month trend vs. peers

### You see

- If you’re catching up
- Pulling ahead
- Or falling behind

Benchmark

Last quarter Jan 01 – Mar 31

How does your organization compare? · Jan 01 – Mar 31

- Delivery per headcount94th percentile
- Defect rate18th percentile
- AI-assisted code87th percentile
- Collaboration89th percentile
- Innovation rate25th percentile
- Roadmap alignment36th percentile
- Cycle time69th percentile
- Capitalizable50th percentile
- Talent density87th percentile
- Knowledge gaps74th percentile

How it works

## Get started in minutes. See insights in hours.

Connect your stack. See months of history from day one.

1. 1 hour

   ### Connect & Structure

   Integrates repositories, tickets and messages automatically so AI can break work into measurable units, giving your team a unified, transparent view of everything delivered.
2. 1 day

   ### Analyze & Detect

   Surface delivery vs roadmap gaps, AI contribution patterns, and execution insights so bottlenecks and early performance drag become visible through evidence-based reviews.
3. 1 week

   ### Report & Decide

   Establish a single source of execution truth with team-level and AI vs human performance comparisons, enabling board-ready reporting and confident, scalable capital decisions.

What does a percentile score actually mean?

Each metric is ranked from 0–100 based on all organizations in Pensero. A score of 50 is median. 75 means you outperform 75% of peers.

How do you ensure fair comparisons across different teams and companies?

All metrics are normalized using Pensero’s complexity-weighted delivery model, so teams working on harder problems are not penalized.

Can I track improvement over time?

Yes. Every metric includes a 6-month trend showing how you evolve relative to peers not just relative to your past performance.

Can I measure the impact of AI adoption?

Yes. Benchmark shows your AI adoption rate compared to other organizations, alongside delivery and quality metrics to give full context.

## Get months of engineering performance data now

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