Plandek Recognized in Forrester’s Q1 2025 Value Stream Management Solutions Landscape

Charlie Ponsonby

Co-founder & CEO

Plandek, a global leader in Software Engineering Intelligence (SEI), is proud to announce its inclusion in The Value Stream Management Solutions Landscape, Q1 2025 report by Forrester. This recognition underscores Plandek’s continued leadership in helping enterprise software teams optimize the end-to-end software delivery lifecycle with intelligent, actionable insights.

A Milestone Recognition from Forrester

The Forrester report evaluates a wide range of vendors offering value stream management (VSM) capabilities and highlights those delivering tangible results for software delivery performance and efficiency. Plandek was selected based on its product capabilities, customer presence, and strategic relevance in the VSM landscape.

“We’re delighted to be featured in Forrester’s latest VSM Solutions Landscape,” said Charlie Ponsonby, CEO at Plandek. “This recognition reflects our commitment to helping engineering teams around the world improve delivery velocity, predictability, and ROI through intelligent, data-driven decision making.”

A Leading Platform for Software Delivery Analytics

As a pioneer in the fast-growing SEI space, Plandek delivers predictive and actionable insights to technology leaders, engineering managers, and delivery teams. The platform seamlessly integrates with popular DevOps tools like Jira, GitHub, and Azure DevOps to surface critical metrics that matter - including DORA, Flow, SPACE, and custom ‘North Star’ KPIs.Plandek is trusted by enterprises to drive measurable improvements in software delivery through:

  • Real-time engineering analytics: surfacing critical delivery, DevOps and Agile metrics such as DORA, Flow, and custom ‘North Star’ KPIs.

  • Predictive insights: enabling leaders and teams to forecast delivery timelines, identify blockers, and mitigate delivery risks in real-time.

  • End-to-end visibility: connecting data across the entire DevOps toolchain including Jira, GitHub, Azure DevOps, CI/CD, and monitoring tools.

Plandek’s inclusion in this prestigious landscape follows its prior recognition in the 2024 SPARK Matrix for Software Engineering Intelligence Platforms by QKS Group and Gartner’s 2024 Market Guide for Software Engineering Intelligence Platforms. As SEI platforms become mission-critical for modern technology organizations, Plandek continues to lead the way in enabling software teams to continuously improve and deliver value faster, more predictably, and with greater stakeholder confidence.

Trusted by High-Performing Technology Organizations

From enterprise engineering teams to PE-backed scale-ups, Plandek is helping organizations:

  • Reduce cycle times by up to 55%

  • Increase deployment frequency by over 400%

  • Decrease escaped defects by 54%

  • Improve Delivery Efficiency by up to 20%

To learn more about how Plandek supports value stream visibility, stakeholder reporting, and delivery excellence, book a demo or start your free trial to explore our platform.

Access the full Forrester report here.

Written by

Charlie Ponsonby

Co-founder & CEO

Charlie Ponsonby is CEO and Co-founder of Plandek, the leading Developer Productivity Insight (DPI) platform that helps software engineering teams drive productivity and transition to AI-led engineering. He writes widely on the opportunities and challenges inherent in the transition to the agentic SDLC. Prior to founding Plandek, Charlie founded Simplydigital, which grew to become the UK's largest broadband and digital services comparison business before being acquired by Europe's largest consumer electronics retailer. He started his career at Accenture and has held senior leadership roles in retail and telco. Charlie holds a degree from the University of Cambridge.

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