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Measure and demonstrate the impact of GitHub Copilot

Understanding how Copilot is used across your enterprise is the first step to demonstrating its value. Follow this path to establish a usage baseline, see how code is being generated, and connect adoption to measurable outcomes.

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Phase 1: Choose metrics to monitor Copilot adoption.

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Understand what Copilot usage metrics measure and where the data comes from before you start monitoring adoption. Review the concepts behind usage metrics and the data available through the dashboard and API.

  1. GitHub Copilot usage metrics
  2. Data available in Copilot usage metrics
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Phase 2: Monitor usage and adoption

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Establish a usage baseline, compare active users with assigned licenses, and identify where teams may need more support to adopt Copilot.

  1. Viewing the Copilot usage metrics dashboard
  2. Tracking license activation and initial usage with Copilot usage metrics
  3. Interpreting usage and adoption metrics for GitHub Copilot
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Phase 3: See how code is generated

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Review code generation and Lines of Code metrics to understand how people and agents are using Copilot to produce code.

  1. Viewing the code generation dashboard
  2. Lines of Code metrics
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Phase 4: Connect adoption insights to engineering outcomes

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Define the engineering outcomes you want to improve and choose metrics that show progress. Compare adoption insights with metrics from your engineering systems to identify associations and evaluate results.

  1. Achieving your company's engineering goals with GitHub Copilot
  2. Viewing the Copilot impact dashboard
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Phase 1: Choose metrics to monitor Copilot adoption.

2 Articles

Understand what Copilot usage metrics measure and where the data comes from before you start monitoring adoption. Review the concepts behind usage metrics and the data available through the dashboard and API.

  1. GitHub Copilot usage metrics
  2. Data available in Copilot usage metrics
2

Phase 2: Monitor usage and adoption

3 Articles

Establish a usage baseline, compare active users with assigned licenses, and identify where teams may need more support to adopt Copilot.

  1. Viewing the Copilot usage metrics dashboard
  2. Tracking license activation and initial usage with Copilot usage metrics
  3. Interpreting usage and adoption metrics for GitHub Copilot
3

Phase 3: See how code is generated

2 Articles

Review code generation and Lines of Code metrics to understand how people and agents are using Copilot to produce code.

  1. Viewing the code generation dashboard
  2. Lines of Code metrics
4

Phase 4: Connect adoption insights to engineering outcomes

2 Articles

Define the engineering outcomes you want to improve and choose metrics that show progress. Compare adoption insights with metrics from your engineering systems to identify associations and evaluate results.

  1. Achieving your company's engineering goals with GitHub Copilot
  2. Viewing the Copilot impact dashboard