When engineering leaders want to evaluate how teams or projects perform relative to each other, it's not enough to look at isolated metrics in siloed dashboards. You need a clear, unified view that highlights trends, strengths, and outliers across the entire organization.

The Insights and Benchmarks features allow you to do just that—compare teams and contributors side by side, spot gaps, and identify high performers or areas needing support. While there’s still room to refine these tools, they already offer a powerful foundation for organization-wide benchmarking.

1. Use Insights for a Snapshot Comparison

➡️ Where: Insights

The Insights page is the best place to get a wide-angle view of all teams and projects in one place.

Why it works:

• Metrics are precomputed—no delay in comparisons.
• All teams and projects are shown in a single view, enabling quick scanning and evaluation.
• You can customise the metrics shown to match your goals (velocity, quality, responsiveness, etc.).

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Users can easily add metrics to suit their benchmarking needs.

2. Use Benchmarks for Deeper Custom Comparisons

➡️ Where: Benchmarks Feature

If you need to get granular or create specific matchups, the Benchmarks tool is ideal.

You can:

• Compare specific combinations of teams, projects, or individual contributors.
• Analyze trends over time rather than just point-in-time metrics.
• Identify standout behaviors—either positive (high velocity, strong collaboration) or concerning (low review activity, high churn).

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Benchmarks help tailor comparisons that match your organisational structure and reporting needs.

3. Align Metrics with Your Engineering Goals

Whether you’re using Insights or Benchmarks, the value depends on what you’re measuring.

➡️ Some example benchmarking goals:

• Delivery Speed: Compare cycle time, PR throughput, and deployment frequency.
• Review Quality: Compare KSI, unreviewed PRs, and rubber stamping.
• Team Balance: Review Help Others, Churn, and rework distribution.

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Benchmarking is not just about measuring—it's about aligning with what “good” looks like for your company.

Key Takeaways

• Use the Insights dashboard for a quick, broad comparison of all teams and projects.
• Customise the metrics in Insights to reflect your organisational priorities.
• The Benchmarks feature allows for detailed, focused comparisons across any combination of teams or contributors.
• Watch for future improvements like normalisation toggles, which will improve the accuracy of performance interpretation.
• Benchmarking helps leaders make informed decisions on resourcing, coaching, and process optimisation.