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MARCH 2026

de.ibm.com Engineering AI Productivity Report

A focused summary of AI adoption, productivity lift, and code quality for the de.ibm.com engineering team.

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The de.ibm.com engineering team reports 29.3% AI adoption, 0.36× productivity lift, and 11.6% code quality across recent work.

These metrics track how AI integrates into delivery pipelines, how throughput changes when assistance is used, and the health of AI-supported code review outcomes.

What this report measures

We analyze commits and diffs to estimate AI adoption, productivity lift, and code quality for your engineering organization.

How to interpret these metrics

Use these signals to understand how AI assistance fits into day-to-day development, where enablement efforts drive throughput, and how review practices keep quality steady.

AI Adoption Rate

LOW

29.3%

AI assistance is present in 29.3% of recent commits for de.ibm.com.

AI Productivity Lift

LOW

0.36×

AI-enabled workflows deliver an estimated 0% lift in throughput.

AI Code Quality

LOW

11.6%

Review insights show 11.6% overall code health on AI-supported changes.

How is the de.ibm.com team performing with AI?

The de.ibm.com engineering team reports 29.3% AI adoption, translating into 0.36× productivity lift while sustaining 11.6% code quality. These outcomes suggest AI-supported reviews are embedded in day-to-day delivery without trading off reliability.

Manager Questions Answered

Real questions engineering leaders ask about AI productivity, with live benchmarks and company-specific data.

What's a good company AI adoption rate?

de.ibm.com is at 29.3%. This is 14.4pp below the community median (43.7%)..

29.3%

Roughly in line43.7% Community Median

Spot squads sitting below the median and pair them with high-adoption champions to share workflows.

Does AI actually make developers faster?

de.ibm.com operates at 0.36×. This is 0.77× below the community median (1.13×)..

0.36×

↓0.77× below1.13× Community Median

Pilot AI-assisted grooming, ticket triage, or incident retros to create visible productivity wins.

How does AI affect code quality?

de.ibm.com holds AI-assisted quality at 11.6%. This is 11.6pp below the community median (23.2%)..

11.6%

↓11.6pp below23.2% Community Median

Add structured AI code review rubrics and require human sign-off for critical surfaces.

How evenly is AI use distributed across our team?

AI impact is concentrated—94.4% of AI commits come from a few experts, raising enablement risk.

94.4%

Run prompt-sharing sessions, codify AI review checklists, and incentivize broad participation.

How can I prove AI ROI to executives?

To prove ROI, de.ibm.com needs steadier adoption, measurable lift, and consistent quality. The ingredients are forming but not yet executive-grade.

Start with a lighthouse project, measure cycle improvements end-to-end, and harden quality guardrails.

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How Your Company Ranks

See how top engineering organizations compare across AI adoption, productivity lift, and code quality.

AI Adoption

% of commits with AI assistance

Companies in this quartile:

CA

cancun.tecnm.mx

(87.3%)

MO

momentohq.com

(87.3%)

UB

ub.edu

(21.2%)

RO

rossabaker.com

(21.2%)

Top 25% of teams adopt AI in 65-75% of their commits.

Productivity Lift

Cycle-time improvement vs baseline

Companies in this quartile:

RO

rockstarwizard.ninja

(1.00×)

.I

.ieselrincon.es

(1.00×)

DR

draad.nl

(-9.59×)

WG

wgu.edu

(-0.41×)

Top performers sustain 1.5× cycle-time improvements over six months when embedding AI into workflows.

Code Quality

Post-merge defect rate

Companies in this quartile:

GZ

gzgz.dev

(20.0%)

GW

gwu.edu

(20.0%)

DR

draad.nl

(-82634.9%)

IN

inria.fr

(-2424.6%)

Top 25% maintain quality above 92% while expanding AI usage, pairing automation with rigorous guardrails.

Rankings based on aggregated Exceeds AI dataset of 1.2M commits across open-source and enterprise engineering teams (Q4 2025).

Top contributors

Top contributors combine high AI adoption and quality output. Encourage internal sharing of best practices.

KO

Konrad Ohms

Commits7
AI Usage34.0%
Productivity Lift1.57x
Code Quality20.0%
MA

mat-jung-ibm

Commits26
AI Usage100.0%
Productivity Lift1.21x
Code Quality82.0%
UW

Ulrich Weigand

Commits15
AI Usage88.3%
Productivity Lift1.01x
Code Quality20.0%
RS

Rainer Schoenberger

Commits11
AI Usage36.0%
Productivity Lift1.00x
Code Quality20.0%
IS

Isabell Sippli

Commits1
AI Usage20.0%
Productivity Lift1.00x
Code Quality20.0%

Encourage knowledge transfer from top AI users to others through internal mentoring or recorded "AI coding walkthroughs." Balanced adoption across the team typically improves overall performance by 12-15%.

Cross-Organization Network

Shared Repositories

9

rainerschoe

IBM/appconfiguration-rust-sdk

mat-jung-ibm

IBM/cp4ba-rapid-deployment

konrad-ohms

instana/instana-agent-operator

tschulze1890

No repositories listed

uweigand

Xilinx/llvm-aie

bytecodealliance/wasmtime

+3 more

isippli

IBM/mcp-context-forge

Activity

141 Commits

Your Network

6 People
mat-jung-ibm
Member
tschulze1890
Member
isippli
Member
konrad-ohms
Member
rainerschoe
Member
uweigand
Member

Why these metrics matter for engineering managers

Faster delivery

1.4x lift → predictable roadmaps

Safer velocity

93% quality → lower rollback risk

Equitable gains

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