Jira Metrics

Engineering Flow

AI-first executive view · AI teams · last 30d

AI Bottom Line

AI-narratedcached· 2026-07-16 20:19 UTC

Delivery volume was flat at 204 issues done, while active flow remained slow at 294.2h lead time and 144.8h cycle time, with client waits and aged intake continuing to hold back throughput.

AI ROILead Time (active): AI 169h vs Human 33.1d-79% AI faster(n=27 / 53 across 1 of 5 projects)
stable vs prior period (was -80%)AI faster on 1 of 1 stable project
4 cautions
  • · ADSAI cohort n=1 (<10) — Lead delta directional only
  • · IMCno AI-assigned completions in 30d — cohort comparison unavailable
  • · TAAAI cohort n=9 (<10) — Lead delta directional only
  • · TDOTno AI-assigned completions in 30d — cohort comparison unavailable

Headline KPIs · last 30d

Issues done
162 33.1%
Last 8w
AI participation
23.5% 67.9%
Last 8w
Lead Time (active)
10.9d 42.4%
no trend
Cycle Time (active)
5.5d 11.8%
Last 8w

AI insight

  • Where AI helps:AI-owned work shows faster readiness and lead time in this period, and AI-touched work shows the same pattern at larger sample size.
  • Where AI hurts:AI benefit is not broad-based yet: AI-owned adoption is concentrated in Test AI Agents and Platforms Evolution, while Advertisement is minimal and Tripledot and Incident Management are at zero.
  • Next focus:Reduce intake age and active client-wait queues before adding more WIP, starting with Platforms Evolution, Advertisement, and Tripledot.

AI in teams · 5 teams

TAATest AI Agents
75.0% AI

12 completed · 100.0% AI-touched · 2 active agents

Bottom line

TAA improved in throughput. AI-vs-Human cycle comparison is directional only (sample too small) (n=9/3); the main AI bottleneck is Ready For Review.

Issues done

12

n/a vs prev

AI-owned share

75%

+75.0 pp vs prev

AI-touched

12 (100%)

Lead Time (active)

3.1d

Cycle Time (active)

1.3d

TTR p50

0.1h

PR Review p50

WIP active

2

WIP blocked

0

AI insight

Where AI helps

No AI-owned metric is currently faster than the human cohort.

Where AI hurts

No statistically stable AI regression detected. Directional-only signals below numerically favor humans but sample size is below threshold.

Directional only (sample too small)

  • · Cycle Time (active): AI 3d vs Human 11.1h (n=9/3, below 20)
  • · Lead Time (active): AI 3.1d vs Human 1.6d (n=9/3, below 20)
  • · Time to Ready p50: AI 0.1h vs Human 0.1h (n=9/3, below 20)

Top AI bottleneck

Ready For Review
1.5d

Active agents · top 2

Oliver
254
Nikolaos
35
EVOPlatforms Evolution
33.3% AI

84 completed · 38.1% AI-touched · 1 active agent

Bottom line

EVO declined (-44.4%) in throughput. AI-owned work moves faster on cycle (n=24/56); the main AI bottleneck is Ready To Merge.

Issues done

84

-44.4% vs prev

AI-owned share

33%

+13.4 pp vs prev

AI-touched

32 (38%)

Lead Time (active)

22.1d

prev 19.7d

Cycle Time (active)

6.7d

prev 6.3d

TTR p50

12.3d

prev 6.8d

PR Review p50

WIP active

42

WIP blocked

5

AI insight

Where AI helps

  • · AI Cycle Time (active) 6.4d vs Human 7d (n=24/56)
  • · AI Lead Time (active) 7.1d vs Human 30d (n=28/56)
  • · AI Time to Ready p50 22.6h vs Human 16.9d (n=24/56)

Where AI hurts

No AI-owned metric is currently slower than the human cohort.

Top AI bottleneck

Ready To Merge
3.7d

Active agents · top 1

Veronica (ADOMCPAutomation)
274

AI Period: compare · intro 2026-04-02

ADSAdvertisement
2.4% AI

42 completed · 38.1% AI-touched · 2 active agents

Bottom line

ADS improved (16.7%) in throughput. AI-vs-Human cycle comparison is directional only (sample too small) (n=1/41); the main AI bottleneck is Ready For Review.

Issues done

42

+16.7% vs prev

AI-owned share

2%

-8.7 pp vs prev

AI-touched

16 (38%)

Lead Time (active)

3.8d

prev 7.5d

Cycle Time (active)

2.9d

prev 1.8d

TTR p50

0.1h

prev 0.5h

PR Review p50

WIP active

30

WIP blocked

14

AI insight

Where AI helps

No statistically stable AI advantage detected yet. Directional-only signals below numerically favor AI but sample size is below threshold.

Where AI hurts

No AI-owned metric is currently slower than the human cohort.

Directional only (sample too small)

  • · Cycle Time (active): AI 1.1d vs Human 3.8d (n=1/41, below 20)
  • · Lead Time (active): AI 1.1d vs Human 3.9d (n=1/41, below 20)
  • · Time to Ready p50: AI 0h vs Human 0.1h (n=1/41, below 20)

Top AI bottleneck

Ready For Review
1.1d

Active agents · top 2

Nikolaos
101
Oliver
41

AI Period: compare · intro 2025-08-01

IMC[Engineering]: Incident Management
0.0% AI

3 completed · 33.3% AI-touched · 1 active agent

Bottom line

IMC improved (50.0%) in throughput. AI cohort too small for cycle comparison (n=0/2); no specific AI bottleneck stands out.

Issues done

3

+50.0% vs prev

AI-owned share

0%

+0.0 pp vs prev

AI-touched

1 (33%)

Lead Time (active)

69.1d

prev 23.4d

Cycle Time (active)

31.7d

TTR p50

0.5h

prev 15.5d

PR Review p50

WIP active

3

WIP blocked

0

AI insight

Where AI helps

No AI-owned metric is currently faster than the human cohort.

Where AI hurts

No AI-owned metric is currently slower than the human cohort.

AI cohort too small for direct comparison on this team.

Top AI bottleneck

no AI-owned cohort with stage data

Active agents · top 1

Oliver
91
TDOTTripledot
0.0% AI

21 completed · 9.5% AI-touched · 2 active agents

Bottom line

TDOT declined (-61.8%) in throughput. AI cohort too small for cycle comparison (n=0/21); no specific AI bottleneck stands out.

Issues done

21

-61.8% vs prev

AI-owned share

0%

+0.0 pp vs prev

AI-touched

2 (10%)

Lead Time (active)

24d

prev 22.2d

Cycle Time (active)

4d

prev 8.6d

TTR p50

19.9d

prev 7d

PR Review p50

WIP active

28

WIP blocked

18

AI insight

Where AI helps

No AI-owned metric is currently faster than the human cohort.

Where AI hurts

No AI-owned metric is currently slower than the human cohort.

AI cohort too small for direct comparison on this team.

Top AI bottleneck

no AI-owned cohort with stage data

Active agents · top 2

Nikolaos
51
Oliver
10

Active bottlenecks · top 5

Workflow stageRelative wait timeMedian time
Waiting for Client
16.2dp50
Ready For Staging
3.5dp50
Ready For Canary
1.4dp50
On Hold
1.2dp50
Ready For Review
17.7hp50

Top teams · by throughput

KeyTeamThroughputLead Time (active)Cycle Time (active)Active WIPBlocked WIPAI %
EVOPlatforms Evolution8422.1d6.7d42533%
ADSAdvertisement423.8d2.9d30142%
TDOTTripledot2124d4d28180%
TAATest AI Agents123.1d1.3d2075%
IMC[Engineering]: Incident Management369.1d31.7d300%

Data quality amber

Sync freshness5/5 synced
Latest sync5/5 OK
Config coverage1 status gap(s)
PR linkagelow: ADS

Report version: engineering-flow.v8 · metric definitions: 2026-05-24.audit18.v1

Period: 2026-06-192026-07-19 · scope: AI teams (5 projects)

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19 tickets excluded — managed centrally.
133 tickets excluded — managed centrally.