Everything on Strategic Metrics

Adoption rates have plateaued at 90%, making them ineffective for measuring success. The focus has shifted to "leverage," defined as the efficiency of translating AI investment into merged, production-ready code.

Impact: Shifting KPIs from adoption to leverage allows engineering leaders to identify specific workflow bottlenecks and allocate resources more effectively to high-performing teams.

— from Measuring AI ROI in Software Engineering · Dev Interrupted· Aug 11, 2026