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MARCH 2026

in.ibm.com Engineering AI Productivity Report

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

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The in.ibm.com engineering team reports 88.6% AI adoption, 1.27× productivity lift, and 56.6% 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

HIGH

88.6%

AI assistance is present in 88.6% of recent commits for in.ibm.com.

AI Productivity Lift

MODERATE

1.27×

AI-enabled workflows deliver an estimated 27% lift in throughput.

AI Code Quality

LOW

56.6%

Review insights show 56.6% overall code health on AI-supported changes.

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

The in.ibm.com engineering team reports 88.6% AI adoption, translating into 1.27× productivity lift while sustaining 56.6% 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?

in.ibm.com is at 88.6%. This is 44.9pp above the community median (43.7%)..

88.6%

↑44.9pp above43.7% Community Median

Keep codifying prompts and monitoring adoption so the lead over peers is sustainable.

Does AI actually make developers faster?

in.ibm.com operates at 1.27×. This is 0.14× above the community median (1.13×)..

1.27×

Roughly in line1.13× Community Median

Instrument reviewer assignment and AI summaries to trim the slowest merge steps and edge past the median.

How does AI affect code quality?

in.ibm.com holds AI-assisted quality at 56.6%. This is 33.4pp above the community median (23.2%)..

56.6%

Roughly in line23.2% Community Median

Invest in AI-specific test checklists and shadow reviews to keep quality slightly ahead of peers.

How evenly is AI use distributed across our team?

49.5% of AI commits come from the most active contributors.

49.5%

Pair top AI practitioners with adjacent squads and capture their prompts/playbooks for reuse.

How can I prove AI ROI to executives?

in.ibm.com has a solid ROI signal with room to strengthen either adoption, lift, or quality before presenting to executives.

Document case studies where AI accelerates delivery while maintaining quality, and expand playbooks across teams.

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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:

ID

idesie.com

(2904.2%)

IN

inngest.com

(1429.6%)

PR

prefeitura.rio

(87.4%)

NA

naduni.local

(87.4%)

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

Productivity Lift

Cycle-time improvement vs baseline

Companies in this quartile:

IN

inngest.com

(4.82×)

U.

u.nus.edu

(2.87×)

AC

acad.pucrs.br

(1.12×)

MC

mcornholio.ru

(1.12×)

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:

IN

inngest.com

(701.7%)

ID

idesie.com

(649.2%)

GZ

gzgz.dev

(20.0%)

GW

gwu.edu

(20.0%)

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.

RS

Ranjeet Singh

Commits11
AI Usage100.0%
Productivity Lift1.72x
Code Quality20.0%
BH

bhagyak1

Commits43
AI Usage80.0%
Productivity Lift1.60x
Code Quality20.0%
MJ

Manoj Jahgirdar

Commits42
AI Usage98.0%
Productivity Lift1.50x
Code Quality90.0%
MS

Mayank Sachan

Commits17
AI Usage32.0%
Productivity Lift1.40x
Code Quality20.0%
AP

Abhishek Paul

Commits27
AI Usage42.0%
Productivity Lift1.37x
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

41

shwetrai

IBM/EEL-agentic-ai-bootcamp

harykp

IBM/EEL-agentic-ai-bootcamp

vijaye12ibm

ibm-granite/granite-tsfm

MohanLakshmaiah

IBM/mcp-context-forge

yathamravali

eclipse-openj9/openj9

knarayan

grafana/scheduler-plugins

Activity

449 Commits

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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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Governance

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