Board-ready insight for private equity

Board-ready insight for private equity

Board-ready insight for private equity

Trusted by leading private equity firms, Plandek helps portfolio company CTOs turn engineering productivity into measurable value creation.

Trusted by leading private equity firms, Plandek helps portfolio company CTOs turn engineering productivity into measurable value creation.

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How PE-backed boards use Plandek

How PE-backed boards
use Plandek

Show boards what is improving, with benchmarked evidence

Find the constraints limiting company performance

Prove whether Product and R&D spend is creating value

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Benchmark the productivity behind R&D ROI

Benchmark the productivity behind R&D ROI

Benchmark the productivity behind R&D ROI

4 Pillars Metrics, DORA Metrics, Flow Metrics and more
4 Pillars Metrics, DORA Metrics, Flow Metrics and more

One benchmarked productivity score

Give portfolio CTOs a single, transparent score that shows how product and engineering is performing.

Four pillars of  productivity

Measure product and engineering health across Focus, Speed, Predictability, and Quality.

Benchmark against 2,000+ teams

Understand where an organization is ahead, behind, or improving with quartile-based benchmarks against their own performance and against other companies.

Focus the value creation plan

Identify the productivity gaps constraining R&D ROI, so CTOs can focus on the next improvement priority.

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Diagnose the constraints holding back portfolio performance

Diagnose the constraints holding back portfolio performance

Diagnose the constraints holding back portfolio performance

Plandek integration diagram showing engineering tools including GitHub, GitLab, Jira, CircleCI, and AI tools feeding data into the Plandek platform
Plandek integration diagram showing engineering tools including GitHub, GitLab, Jira, CircleCI, and AI tools feeding data into the Plandek platform

A complete view of software delivery

Use our powerful constraint investigation features to see where engineering bottlenecks affect delivery.

Prioritize what unlocks ROI

Focus investment on the constraints most likely to improve software delivery outcomes.

Assess readiness for agentic AI

Scan the codebase for AI readiness, and identify where context, controls, or delivery constraints pose limitations or risks.

Scale the practices that work

Compare adoption and activation across teams and tools to understand where AI is delivering results.

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Turn productivity insight into portfolio improvement

Turn productivity insight into portfolio improvement

Turn productivity insight into portfolio improvement

Engineering Productivity Metrics – Jellyfish, DX and Swarmia alternative tools
Engineering Productivity Metrics – Jellyfish, DX and Swarmia alternative tools

Find where action is needed, and prioritize

Drill into teams, workspaces, and categories to see where productivity gaps are systemic, concentrated, or already improving.

Equip managers to improve performance

Give engineering managers benchmarked metrics, trend data, and delivery signals to focus team improvement.

Support better team conversations

Use granular delivery context and engineer feedback to help teams discuss progress, blockers, and ways to improve.

Improve quarter by quarter

Track productivity movement over time, so leaders can see whether changes are improving delivery performance and R&D ROI.

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Prove the return behind engineering and AI spend

Prove the return behind engineering and AI spend

Prove the return behind engineering and AI spend

AI Software Engineering Intelligence platform | Plandek
AI Software Engineering Intelligence platform | Plandek

Connect AI investment to value creation

Track whether R&D and AI spend is creating measurable gains in software engineering productivity.

Break down the cost behind the output

See tool spend, review burden, human cost, and cost per AI output, so CTOs can manage spend with confidence.

Find where spend is not converting

Always know where investment is creating waste, friction, or limited return.

Give boards an independent view

Plandek’s semi-annual Health Checks combine data with expert analysis from our Agile & AI Transition experts to provide board-ready recommendations.

Drive productivity across the value creation journey

Plandek DORA metrics dashboard: deployments, lead time, MTTR
Plandek DORA metrics dashboard: deployments, lead time, MTTR

Value creation planning

Build a benchmarked view of engineering productivity, delivery constraints, and improvement opportunities before deciding where to invest.

Value delivery

Enable portfolio company CTOs to focus teams on the changes most likely to improve throughput, predictability, quality, and time-to-market.

Board-ready proof

Track productivity trends, benchmark performance, and use independent Health Checks to show progress, risks, and R&D ROI over time.

How Hg Capital portfolio companies accelerate value creation with Plandek

How Hg Capital portfolio companies accelerate value creation with Plandek

Plandek partners with Hg Capital’s value creation team and portfolio CTOs to benchmark engineering productivity, and improve software delivery practices.

Hg portfolio companies that use Plandek consistently outperform their peers in software delivery productivity, and R&D ROI, enabling technology leaders to demonstrate measurable progress against their value creation plans.

Plandek partners with Hg Capital’s value creation team and portfolio CTOs to benchmark engineering productivity, and improve software delivery practices.

Hg portfolio companies that use Plandek consistently outperform their peers in software delivery productivity, and R&D ROI, enabling technology leaders to demonstrate measurable progress against their value creation plans.

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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

A black and white background with a light green sign.

"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."

A person smiling and pointing to the side.
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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QKS Group’s 2024 Spark Matrix

  • If you want to know if engineering is running efficiently, Plandek gives you the complete picture. If I could take one product with me to a new company, it would be Plandek, and I did that when I joined PEI Group.

    Profile photo of Stuart Pearce, Portfolio CTO at Hg Capital

    Darren Thorpe

    Chief Product Officer, PEI Group

  • As we accelerated with AI, we’d see productivity improve, then plateau. Plandek helped us identify the next high-value constraint so we could unlock the next stage of improvement.

    Profile photo of Stuart Pearce, Portfolio CTO at Hg Capital

    Beccy Weeks

    Chief AI Officer, Citation

  • We’ve been really able to demystify what was once previously a really complex engineering process… and really build a better conversation around what it means to build good product software.

    Profile photo of Stuart Pearce, Portfolio CTO at Hg Capital

    Gary Stevens

    Director of Engineering, Trainline

  • Predictability, while good, isn’t what we’re trying to optimise now. It is about speed to market. It will become table stakes: if you’re a technology business, you should be able to deliver software in no time at all. If you can’t, there’s a business problem looming.

    Profile photo of Stuart Pearce, Portfolio CTO at Hg Capital

    James Cameron-Williams

    CPTO, OAG

  • The data provides a mirror. It’s not just showing us where the problems are, it gives us the starting point for the conversations we need to have with our teams.

    Profile photo of Stuart Pearce, Portfolio CTO at Hg Capital

    Niklas Lundborg

    CTO, Bokio

  • Plandek provides industry experts who tailor to our needs… Plandek are leaders in this space so we need to tap into this experience.

    Profile photo of Stuart Pearce, Portfolio CTO at Hg Capital

    Daniel Pierce

    Sr Director of Data & Analytics, Sage

  • If you want to know if engineering is running efficiently, Plandek gives you the complete picture. If I could take one product with me to a new company, it would be Plandek, and I did that when I joined PEI Group.

    Profile photo of Stuart Pearce, Portfolio CTO at Hg Capital

    Darren Thorpe

    Chief Product Officer, PEI Group

  • As we accelerated with AI, we’d see productivity improve, then plateau. Plandek helped us identify the next high-value constraint so we could unlock the next stage of improvement.

    Profile photo of Stuart Pearce, Portfolio CTO at Hg Capital

    Beccy Weeks

    Chief AI Officer, Citation

  • We’ve been really able to demystify what was once previously a really complex engineering process… and really build a better conversation around what it means to build good product software.

    Profile photo of Stuart Pearce, Portfolio CTO at Hg Capital

    Gary Stevens

    Director of Engineering, Trainline

  • Predictability, while good, isn’t what we’re trying to optimise now. It is about speed to market. It will become table stakes: if you’re a technology business, you should be able to deliver software in no time at all. If you can’t, there’s a business problem looming.

    Profile photo of Stuart Pearce, Portfolio CTO at Hg Capital

    James Cameron-Williams

    CPTO, OAG

  • The data provides a mirror. It’s not just showing us where the problems are, it gives us the starting point for the conversations we need to have with our teams.

    Profile photo of Stuart Pearce, Portfolio CTO at Hg Capital

    Niklas Lundborg

    CTO, Bokio

  • Plandek provides industry experts who tailor to our needs… Plandek are leaders in this space so we need to tap into this experience.

    Profile photo of Stuart Pearce, Portfolio CTO at Hg Capital

    Daniel Pierce

    Sr Director of Data & Analytics, Sage

  • If you want to know if engineering is running efficiently, Plandek gives you the complete picture. If I could take one product with me to a new company, it would be Plandek, and I did that when I joined PEI Group.

    Profile photo of Stuart Pearce, Portfolio CTO at Hg Capital

    Darren Thorpe

    Chief Product Officer, PEI Group

  • As we accelerated with AI, we’d see productivity improve, then plateau. Plandek helped us identify the next high-value constraint so we could unlock the next stage of improvement.

    Profile photo of Stuart Pearce, Portfolio CTO at Hg Capital

    Beccy Weeks

    Chief AI Officer, Citation

  • We’ve been really able to demystify what was once previously a really complex engineering process… and really build a better conversation around what it means to build good product software.

    Profile photo of Stuart Pearce, Portfolio CTO at Hg Capital

    Gary Stevens

    Director of Engineering, Trainline

  • Predictability, while good, isn’t what we’re trying to optimise now. It is about speed to market. It will become table stakes: if you’re a technology business, you should be able to deliver software in no time at all. If you can’t, there’s a business problem looming.

    Profile photo of Stuart Pearce, Portfolio CTO at Hg Capital

    James Cameron-Williams

    CPTO, OAG

  • The data provides a mirror. It’s not just showing us where the problems are, it gives us the starting point for the conversations we need to have with our teams.

    Profile photo of Stuart Pearce, Portfolio CTO at Hg Capital

    Niklas Lundborg

    CTO, Bokio

  • Plandek provides industry experts who tailor to our needs… Plandek are leaders in this space so we need to tap into this experience.

    Profile photo of Stuart Pearce, Portfolio CTO at Hg Capital

    Daniel Pierce

    Sr Director of Data & Analytics, Sage