The Real Impact of AI on Engineering Velocity

·2026.06.09 09:00

Key point

AI adoption has improved Pull Request throughput to some extent, but other bottlenecks such as review and planning are limiting overall velocity.

Details

Early research shows that in many organizations, Pull Request (PR) throughput increased by about 10~15% after AI adoption, with a median improvement of 8%.

However, coding is only part of a developer's job. Bottlenecks occurring in review, planning, testing, and collaboration still act as major factors limiting overall Engineering Velocity.

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