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Evidence BAI Productivity Benchmarks: From Claims to Quickstarts
Show exactly where AI gives 2× lift—and hand readers the PM & SWE quickstarts to recreate it.
Benchmarks without a path to action are wallpaper. Pair every metric with a quickstart so a team can rerun it this week.
Executive TL;DR
- •Reproducible benchmarks show AI delivers 2× cycle time improvement in PM/SWE workflows
- •Fair Trial checklist + TLX tracking prevent false wins and catch quality regressions early
- •Teams measuring Δ + reviewer minutes see sustainable 6-week adoption cycles vs. burnout
Do this week: Run the PM or SWE quickstart this week; benchmark one ritual before month-end review
What a benchmark needs to be credible
- Manual vs. AI deltas logged the same day.
- Reviewer minutes + TLX captured with every run.
- Fair Trial checklist attached (order, rubric, reviewer).
Anything else is marketing. Publish fewer numbers, but make them reproducible.
Pinned metrics to publish
- Manual vs. AI cycle time (median + variance).
- Overestimation Δ per persona.
- TLX trend with interventions noted.
How to operationalize benchmarks
- Choose a persona lens. PMs care about narrative clarity. SWEs care about defect rate. Pick one.
- Run the Quickstart.
/quickstart/pmor/quickstart/swealready wraps the Analyzer demo, task examples, and before-you-start checklist. - Publish the tiles. Include the Δ tile, TLX snapshot, and reviewer quote in the changelog plus the
/resourcespage.
““The benchmark only landed once we linked it to the PM quickstart. People could re-run it the same afternoon.””
Link to downstream systems
Benchmarks should feed:
/methodology— so skeptics see the scoring model./resources— so readers can grab the detailed guide./roles/*— so personas see the “what’s in it for me.”
Make those links explicit at the end of every pillar or resource.
- ✓Add the benchmark tiles to
/statusif they affect trust. - ✓Push the highlight into the welcome email (“Here’s the Δ tile you’ll recreate”).
- ✓Review the benchmark every six weeks in the editorial calendar.
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