2026 Engineering Benchmarks: Expanded Metrics & What High-Performing Teams Do Differently

Discover what “good” engineering performance really looks like in 2026 in this webinar unveiling Plandek’s latest, expanded benchmarks across Focus, Speed, Predictability, and Quality. Gain practical insights into how top teams outperform the rest, how AI is shaping results, and how to turn benchmark data into meaningful, measurable improvements.

Overview

What does “good” engineering performance look like in 2026?

Join us as we unveil Plandek’s updated 2026 Engineering Benchmarks, which is now expanded with additional metrics for deeper insight across Focus, Speed, Predictability and Quality.

Discover how top-quartile teams compare to the median, where the biggest performance gaps exist, and what practical steps leaders can take to drive measurable improvement.

What You’ll Learn

What’s new in the 2026 benchmarks and why we expanded the dataset
The performance gap between median and top-quartile teams
How is the use of AI tools affecting this?
Emerging patterns in high-performing teams in 2026
- How to use expanded benchmark data to guide improvement initiatives
How leaders can avoid misusing benchmarks or driving unintended behaviours

Key Takeaways

A clear view of what “good” looks like in 2026, across both established and newly introduced metrics
Understanding how expanded benchmarks provide deeper performance visibility
Insight into where the biggest improvement opportunities typically sit
A practical framework for turning benchmark data into measurable impact

Who This Webinar Is For

C-suite execs
Directors/VPs of engineering
Heads of Engineering / Delivery Leaders
PMO & Transformation Leads

Organisations

Companies already measuring engineering performance but lacking industry context
Organisations under pressure to demonstrate measurable ROI from engineering investment
Scaling teams seeking data-led performance optimisation

Hosted by

Dawood Hussain

Senior Agile Success Manager

Dawood works with engineering leaders to embed meaningful delivery metrics into their day-to-day workflows and decision-making. Since joining Plandek, Dawood has supported a wide range of teams – from scale-ups to global enterprises – in improving how they plan, track, and deliver software. Drawing on his own delivery leadership experience, he helps clients make better use of predictability and flow metrics to solve practical problems and deliver more confidently. His focus is on enabling teams to work smarter, not just faster, while building trust and transparency across the software delivery lifecycle.