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MARCH 2026

wgu.edu Engineering AI Productivity Report

A focused summary of AI adoption, productivity lift, and code quality for the wgu.edu engineering team.

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The wgu.edu engineering team reports -495.6% AI adoption, -0.41× productivity lift, and 20.0% 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

-495.6%

AI assistance is present in -495.6% of recent commits for wgu.edu.

AI Productivity Lift

LOW

-0.41×

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

AI Code Quality

LOW

20.0%

Review insights show 20.0% overall code health on AI-supported changes.

How is the wgu.edu team performing with AI?

The wgu.edu engineering team reports -495.6% AI adoption, translating into -0.41× productivity lift while sustaining 20.0% 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?

wgu.edu is at -495.6%. This is 539.4pp below the community median (43.7%)..

495.6%

↓539.4pp below43.7% Community Median

Launch guided prompts, pairing sessions, and opt-in experiments to build confidence before scaling automation.

Does AI actually make developers faster?

wgu.edu operates at -0.41×. This is 1.54× below the community median (1.13×)..

0.41×

↓1.54× below1.13× Community Median

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

How does AI affect code quality?

wgu.edu holds AI-assisted quality at 20.0%. This is 3.3pp below the community median (23.3%)..

20.0%

Roughly in line23.3% 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?

AI impact is concentrated—80.3% of AI commits come from a few experts, raising enablement risk.

80.3%

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

How can I prove AI ROI to executives?

To prove ROI, wgu.edu 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:

.G

.gns.cri.nz

(20.0%)

H-

h-its.org

(20.0%)

DR

draad.nl

(-99585.7%)

IN

inria.fr

(-9185.1%)

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×)

SE

sekai.icu

(-0.30×)

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%)

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.

JD

Jacobo Dominguez

Commits7
AI Usage381.9%
Productivity Lift2.49x
Code Quality20.0%
DV

Diana Villalvazo

Commits51
AI Usage85.3%
Productivity Lift1.78x
Code Quality20.0%
DW

Daniel Wong

Commits19
AI Usage41.3%
Productivity Lift1.23x
Code Quality20.0%
WG

wgu-jesse-stewart

Commits4
AI Usage34.8%
Productivity Lift1.15x
Code Quality20.0%
RC

Ram Chandra Bhavirisetty

Commits12
AI Usage92.0%
Productivity Lift1.15x
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

16

wgu-ram-chandra

raccoongang/edx-platform

wgu-taylor-payne

openedx/edx-platform

raccoongang/edx-platform

wgu-jesse-stewart

raccoongang/edx-platform

openedx/frontend-app-learning

+1 more

holaontiveros

raccoongang/edx-platform

openedx/frontend-app-learning

jacobo-dominguez-wgu

openedx/frontend-app-authoring

openedx/frontend-app-ora-grading

+2 more

tonybusa

openedx/edx-platform

Activity

110 Commits

Your Network

13 People
cgoesche
Member
dwong2708
Member
diana-villalvazo-wgu
Member
htra@wgu.edu
Member
jacobo-dominguez-wgu
Member
holaontiveros
Member
wgu-jesse-stewart
Member
jmoppel
Member
wgu-ram-chandra
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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