Plandek is the choice for PE firms looking to track and improve R&D ROI

Plandek is the choice for PE firms looking to track and improve R&D ROI

Get a clear, data-backed view of how engineering performance impacts growth, efficiency, and valuation across your portfolio - so you can identify risk early and drive ROI with confidence.

Get a clear, data-backed view of how engineering performance impacts growth, efficiency, and valuation across your portfolio - so you can identify risk early and drive ROI with confidence.

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Drive measurable R&D ROI
across your portfolio

Drive measurable R&D ROI
across your portfolio

Align

For technology leaders to align team around North Star metrics, with high-level reporting and analytics

For technology leaders to align team around North Star metrics, with high-level reporting and analytics

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Ensure finite tech resource is focused on value creating activities

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Align the tech organization around effectiveness KPIs with a β€˜single pane of glass’ to drive improvements over time

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Streamline the efficiency of resources and run highly-productive engineering teams

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Transform reporting to stakeholders

Strategic alignment dashboard with R&D focus charts by value stream
R&D focus and backlog analytics across value streams, Feb to Apr

Align

For technology leaders to align team around North Star metrics, with high-level reporting and analytics

ο€Œ

Ensure finite tech resource is focused on value creating activities

ο€Œ

Align the tech organization around effectiveness KPIs with a β€˜single pane of glass’ to drive improvements over time

ο€Œ

Streamline the efficiency of resources and run highly-productive engineering teams

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Transform reporting to stakeholders

Tracking value creation vs technical debt split across R&D value streams
DORA dashboard showing four DevOps delivery metrics in trend charts
DORA metrics dashboard: deployment frequency, lead time, MTTR, failure rate

Improve

For managers to track and improve metrics and KPIs over time, using smart analytics

For managers to track and improve metrics and KPIs over time, using smart analytics

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Managers focus on β€˜determinant metrics’ to drive improvement in organization-wide KPIs

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Plandek has over 50+ metrics to choose from, including popular frameworks like DORA, Flow and VSM

Measuring software delivery performance with DORA engineering metrics

Improve

For managers to track and improve metrics and KPIs over time, using smart analytics

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Managers focus on β€˜determinant metrics’ to drive improvement in organization-wide KPIs

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Plandek has over 50+ metrics to choose from, including popular frameworks like DORA, Flow and VSM

Deliver

For teams to ship software faster and more predictably, with team-level smart analytics to help engineers day-to-day

For teams to ship software faster and more predictably, with team-level smart analytics to help engineers day-to-day

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Plandek is embraced by teams themselves to help deliver better day-to-day

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Smart algos to identify blockers & present mitigations in real time, to help teams hit their delivery goals, forecast and ship faster

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Predictive due dates to consistently meet delivery deadlines

Ticket volume distribution across value streams in a product analytics dashboard
Value stream focus chart tracking 263 tickets across five product streams

Deliver

For teams to ship software faster and more predictably, with team-level smart analytics to help engineers day-to-day

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Plandek is embraced by teams themselves to help deliver better day-to-day

ο€Œ

Smart algos to identify blockers & present mitigations in real time, to help teams hit their delivery goals, forecast and ship faster

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Predictive due dates to consistently meet delivery deadlines

Stacked area chart of engineering focus by value stream, July to August

Drive software productivity across
the value creation journey

Drive software productivity across the value creation journey

Value Creation Planning
and Thesis Validation

Plandek gives an immediate and quant view of current Agile DevOps maturity and Opportunity for Improvement (OI) in the technology delivery team

Value Delivery

Plandek’s β€˜single pane of glass’ and agreed KPIs provide the foundation of ongoing productivity improvement driven by the portco CTO​

Improved productivity reporting increases stakeholder understanding and reduces risk

Benchmark Performance and Track Improvement Over Time

Plandek benchmarks are used to show the relative effectiveness of the portco’s software delivery capability and improvement over time

Discover how Hg portcos drive software delivery productivity with Plandek

Discover how Hg portcos drive software delivery productivity with Plandek

Our in-house domain experts work closely with the Hg value creation team in the UK and US to encourage Hg portco CTOs to improve software delivery productivity and share best practices.​ Hg portfolio companies that have adopted Plandek consistently out-perform their peers in software delivery productivity and R&D ROI.

Our in-house domain experts work closely with the Hg value creation team in the UK and US to encourage Hg portco CTOs to improve software delivery productivity and share best practices.​ Hg portfolio companies that have adopted Plandek consistently out-perform their peers in software delivery productivity and R&D ROI.

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"We are here to help our portfolio companies accelerate their value delivery. The effectiveness of their technology delivery – and the ROI of their R&D – is a key piece of that jigsaw. Plandek enables our portfolio companies to track and drive their R&D ROI, as part of their broader value creation approach."

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Stuart Pearce

Portfolio CTO, Hg Capita

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100s

of portfolio companies to analyze

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"We are here to help our portfolio companies accelerate their value delivery. The effectiveness of their technology delivery – and the ROI of their R&D – is a key piece of that jigsaw. Plandek enables our portfolio companies to track and drive their R&D ROI, as part of their broader value creation approach."

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Stuart Pearce

Portfolio CTO, Hg Capita

100s

of portfolio companies to analyze

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"We are here to help our portfolio companies accelerate their value delivery. The effectiveness of their technology delivery – and the ROI of their R&D – is a key piece of that jigsaw. Plandek enables our portfolio companies to track and drive their R&D ROI, as part of their broader value creation approach."

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Stuart Pearce

Portfolio CTO, Hg Capita

100s

of portfolio companies to analyze

Trusted globally by thousands
of elite engineering teams

Trusted globally by thousands of elite engineering teams

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Software Engineering Intelligence Platform

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Top Global

Management Solution

Forrester’s 2025 Value Stream Management Solutions Landscape Report

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leader in

Software Engineering Intelligence Platform

QKS Group’s 2024 Spark Matrix

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Free guide for PE Portco Boards

Improved Board reporting: key metrics to better understand software delivery productivity

Software delivery effectiveness is often little understood by portco Boards, stakeholders and PE Value Creation teams.​​

So, what is a β€˜balanced scorecard’ of metrics that CTOs can use to better communicate productivity and ROI with Boards and stakeholders?​

Plandek empowers innovative CTOs
& engineering leaders globally

Plandek empowers innovative CTOs
& engineering leaders globally

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Neil Sayer

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Head of Technology, PEI

β€œWe want to measure, so we have made Plandek our new norm for every team. It consistently provides us with high quality, up-to-date transparency into our processes.”

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5/5

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Andrew Mulford

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VP Head of Delivery, Preqin

"The Plandek team supported us when we needed to make customization and changes. It's a very quick and simple tool to use. We can create custom dashboards, which focus on specific teams, but it also enables us to scale."

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5/5

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Jayr Motta

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Head of Engineering

"After almost 2 years with Plandek, the conversation has shifted a lot among the leaders and many team members from 'why' to 'how'. Although we have already seen improvements in our metrics, we are just now feeling a shift in mindset which will bear fruit in the future."

ξŠ‹

5/5

Profile photo of Stuart Pearce, Portfolio CTO at Hg Capital

Stuart Pearce



Portfolio CTO, Hg Capital

"We are here to help our portfolio companies accelerate their value delivery. The effectiveness of their technology delivery - and the ROI of their R&D – is a key piece of that jigsaw. Plandek enables our portfolio companies to track and drive their R&D ROI, as part of their broader value creation approach."

ξŠ‹

5/5

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Giulio Folino

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Head of Digital, MoJ

"At the MoJ, we believe that data is the best way to drive continual improvement and build an effective delivery culture. Plandek has enabled us to focus our organization on the delivery behaviors that drive the right outcomes, whilst providing our people with a robust tool to support coaching and learning opportunities."

ξŠ‹

5/5

Profile photo of Eirik Pettersen, CTO at Secret Escapes

Eirik Pettersen

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CTO, Secret Escapes

"It is early days with Plandek, but it is already making an important contribution to our collective effort to constantly improve our already world-class Agile engineering capability at Secret Escapes."

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5/5

Profile photo of Giulio Folino, Head of Digital at MoJ

Giulio Folino



Head of Digital, MoJ

"At the MoJ, we believe that data is the best way to drive continual improvement and build an effective delivery culture. Plandek has enabled us to focus our organization on the delivery behaviors that drive the right outcomes, whilst providing our people with a robust tool to support coaching and learning opportunities."

ξŠ‹

5/5

Profile photo of Jayr Motta, Head of Engineering

Jayr Motta



Head of Engineering

"After almost 2 years with Plandek, the conversation has shifted a lot among the leaders and many team members from 'why' to 'how'. Although we have already seen improvements in our metrics, we are just now feeling a shift in mindset which will bear fruit in the future."

ξŠ‹

5/5

Profile photo of Stuart Pearce, Portfolio CTO at Hg Capital

Stuart Pearce



Portfolio CTO, Hg Capital

"We are here to help our portfolio companies accelerate their value delivery. The effectiveness of their technology delivery - and the ROI of their R&D – is a key piece of that jigsaw. Plandek enables our portfolio companies to track and drive their R&D ROI, as part of their broader value creation approach."

ξŠ‹

5/5

Profile photo of Neil Sayer, Head of Technology at PEI

Neil Sayer



Head of Technology, PEI

β€œWe want to measure, so we have made Plandek our new norm for every team. It consistently provides us with high quality, up-to-date transparency into our processes.”

ξŠ‹

5/5

Profile photo of Andrew Mulford, VP Head of Delivery at Preqin

Andrew Mulford



VP Head of Delivery, Preqin

"The Plandek team supported us when we needed to make customization and changes. It's a very quick and simple tool to use. We can create custom dashboards, which focus on specific teams, but it also enables us to scale."

ξŠ‹

5/5

Profile photo of Eirik Pettersen, CTO at Secret Escapes

Eirik Pettersen



CTO, Secret Escapes

"It is early days with Plandek, but it is already making an important contribution to our collective effort to constantly improve our already world-class Agile engineering capability at Secret Escapes."

ξŠ‹

5/5

Profile photo of Neil Sayer, Head of Technology at PEI

Neil Sayer



Head of Technology, PEI

β€œWe want to measure, so we have made Plandek our new norm for every team. It consistently provides us with high quality, up-to-date transparency into our processes.”

ξŠ‹

5/5

Profile photo of Jayr Motta, Head of Engineering

Jayr Motta



Head of Engineering

"After almost 2 years with Plandek, the conversation has shifted a lot among the leaders and many team members from 'why' to 'how'. Although we have already seen improvements in our metrics, we are just now feeling a shift in mindset which will bear fruit in the future."

ξŠ‹

5/5

Profile photo of Giulio Folino, Head of Digital at MoJ

Giulio Folino



Head of Digital, MoJ

"At the MoJ, we believe that data is the best way to drive continual improvement and build an effective delivery culture. Plandek has enabled us to focus our organization on the delivery behaviors that drive the right outcomes, whilst providing our people with a robust tool to support coaching and learning opportunities."

ξŠ‹

5/5

Profile photo of Andrew Mulford, VP Head of Delivery at Preqin

Andrew Mulford



VP Head of Delivery, Preqin

"The Plandek team supported us when we needed to make customization and changes. It's a very quick and simple tool to use. We can create custom dashboards, which focus on specific teams, but it also enables us to scale."

ξŠ‹

5/5

Profile photo of Stuart Pearce, Portfolio CTO at Hg Capital

Stuart Pearce



Portfolio CTO, Hg Capital

"We are here to help our portfolio companies accelerate their value delivery. The effectiveness of their technology delivery - and the ROI of their R&D – is a key piece of that jigsaw. Plandek enables our portfolio companies to track and drive their R&D ROI, as part of their broader value creation approach."

ξŠ‹

5/5

Profile photo of Eirik Pettersen, CTO at Secret Escapes

Eirik Pettersen



CTO, Secret Escapes

"It is early days with Plandek, but it is already making an important contribution to our collective effort to constantly improve our already world-class Agile engineering capability at Secret Escapes."

ξŠ‹

5/5

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