Engineering Practice

Engineering Practice · August 2026
Shipping Data Through/August 2026
as of Sep 6, 2026

A portfolio dashboard for a fictional agency. All data is invented.

Median Cycle Time
27.2h
↓ 21.2% YoY↓ 3.9% MoM
PRs Merged
81
↑ 42.1% YoY
Change Failure Rate
4.5%
↓ 1.0pp MoM
01Cycle Time
Cycle time · By phase
Hours to merge
CodingReview wait43% of the clockMerge
Efficiency
27.2h
21% YoY
CodingReview wait43% of the clockMerge
Cycle time · Where it goes
Active vs waiting
Median PR in August 2026, by where the clock ran
Retention
57%
Of the clock was spent on active work
Median PR in August 2026, by where the clock ran
02Throughput
Throughput · Monthly
Pull requests merged
PRs mergedMedian cycle time
Growth
27.2h
Median cycle time · 81 prs merged
PRs mergedMedian cycle time
Throughput · Movement
PR movement
Opened78Reopened0Resolved82
Growth
-4
Net last month · 1.6× avg
Opened78Reopened0Resolved82
03Release Cadence
Release · Cadence
Deploys vs target
GoalActual
Efficiency
27
Deploys · 104% to goal
GoalActual
Release · Quality
Cadence + reliability
Efficiency
103.8%
Cadence attainment · down 14.0pp from peak
Cadence attainment103.8%Deploy success95.5%
04What We Build
Engineering · Work mix
What we build
Merged pull requests by type · Apr–Aug 2026
Retention
34%
Top type · Feature
Merged pull requests by type · Apr–Aug 2026
Agaetis · Fictional agency · Invented dataAugust 2026