How engineering teams stay informed — a research survey

Engineering workflow research · 2026

We're conducting independent research into how software engineers and technical leads experience visibility, coordination, and AI tooling in their daily work. There's no right or wrong answer. Your honest perspective is what matters.

SECTION 1 - ABOUT YOU

What best describes your current role?

Senior Software Engineer

Staff/Principal Engineer

Engineering Manager

How large is the engineering team you work in?

Which tools does your team currently use?

Other AI coding tool

Github Issues/Projects

What is your work environment ?

SECTION 2 - DAILY WORK AND VISIBILITY

How do you currently find out what your teammates are working on day-to-day?

Daily Standups or check-ins

Slack/Teams messages

Checking Github PRs and commits directly

Jira/Linear ticket boards

Weekly team meetings

I often don't know until it comes up

How often do you feel like you don't have a clear picture of work and your teammates' work

Rarely - I always feel informed

Occasionally - A few times a month

Regularly - At least once a week

Often - It's a persistent challenge

Think about the last time a PR or Ticket got stuck without anyone noticing. How did you eventually find out ?

How much time do you personally spend per week on coordination - standups, status updates, meetings etc

How do you feel about the time spent on standups and coordination

Valuable - I learn things and sync well

Mixed - Some are useful - Others not

Unnecessary - It feels like reporting work

Do you think standups or status reports should be automated with AI to keep your team coordinated ?

Yes - This would improve coordination

Partially - Automated routine updates are fine, but manual discussions are necessary

Unlikely - Human conversations are necessary everyday

SECTION 3 - AI CODING TOOLS

Does your team use AI coding tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, or similar?

Yes - Most of the time

Yes - Partially usage

No - We haven't adopted AI coding

Since adopting AI tools, how has your confidence in quality of code changed ?

More confident - Quality has improved

Slightly less confident - Harder to review AI code

Much less confident - Quality concerns have increased

When reviewing code, can you usually tell which parts are AI ?

Yes - It's usually obvious

Sometimes - I can make a gues

Rarely - It's hard to tell

It does not matter during review

AI does the reviewing as well

Since adopting AI, have you noticed a change in the rate of bugs and regressions reaching production ?

Noticeably fewer bugs - Quality has improved

About the same as before

Slightly more bugs - Hard to blame AI completely

More bugs - I suspect AI generated code

Do you feel your own engineering skills are growing at the same rate as before AI tools ?

Growing faster - AI helps me learn

About same as before

Slightly slower - I reach for AI before thinking myself

Noticeably slower - I'm concerned for my skills growth

I think about this - But not sure