WeWork India Achieves 4x Planning Success and Cuts Unplanned Work in Half with Middleware

Deliver Better Software Faster, Without the Drama

WeWork India’s fast-growing engineering team gains critical visibility and control, transforming chaotic workflow into predictable delivery and accelerating innovation.

⚡ Let's see how Middleware helped them

The Results

4x

Planned Ticket Success Rate

Planned Ticket Success Rate

50% ⇣

Unplanned (Adhoc) Tickets

Unplanned (Adhoc) Tickets

80% ⇣

 Sprint Spillover

 Sprint Spillover

93%

Faster Incident Recovery

Faster Incident Recovery

80%

Increase in Sprint Adherence

Increase in Sprint Adherence

50% ⇣

Unplanned (Adhoc) Tickets

Unplanned (Adhoc) Tickets

3x

Better predictability of projects

The Challenge

As WeWork India rapidly scaled its engineering team, they faced growing operational challenges:


  • Limited visibility & predictability due to reliance on Jira and manual reporting.

  • ~60% of work was unplanned (Adhoc Tickets), disrupting sprint planning and focus.

  • ~50% sprint spillover, making consistent delivery nearly impossible.

  • Performance data took a week to compile manually, slowing decision-making.

The Solution

WeWork India implemented Middleware to overcome these challenges, which delivered:


  • Real-time visibility through unified, intuitive dashboards.

  • Seamless integration with Jira, GitLab, and existing tools.

  • Automated tracking of critical metrics, including DORA.

  • Actionable insights without changing existing workflows.

⚡Why Middleware?

The Impact

Middleware transformed WeWork’s engineering operations in just six months of adoption:

Predictability Soared

Planned Ticket Success Rate jumped by over 130% to ~95%, with Sprint Adherence rising by 80% to ~90%. Unplanned work and spillover plummeted by 50% and 80% respectively, creating a more stable and focused workflow.

Delivery Accelerated

PR Cycle Time saw a near 100% reduction, enabling significantly faster code integration and delivery cycles

Quality & Stability Improved

Incident recovery became over 93% faster, significantly reducing MTTR and minimizing downtime impact. Visibility into code reviews led to a 70% decrease in unaudited PRs, contributing to higher code quality.

Business Outcomes

More Predictable Feature Delivery

Enabling reliable execution on planned roadmaps and commitments.

Increased Engineering Capacity

Freeing up significant engineering time for high-value innovation and development.

Faster Time to Market with Features

Accelerating the delivery of new features and updates to customers.

Higher Product Quality & Stability

Leading to fewer production issues, faster resolution, and improved customer satisfaction.

Before Middleware

After Middleware

Business Impact


High Unplanned Work:

Nearly 60% Adhoc Tickets

Reduced Unplanned Work: Adhoc Tickets reduced by 50% (~30%)

Increased Engineering Capacity for High-Value Work

High Spillover: Approx. 50% of tasks spilled over

Reduced Spillover: Spillover tasks decreased by 80% (~10%)

Improved Resource Utilization & Efficiency

Low Planning Success: Below 40% Planned Ticket Success Rate

Achieved High Planning Success: Planned Ticket Success Rate over 95% (>130% increase

More Predictable Feature Delivery

Low Sprint Adherence: Around 50% adherence

Increased Sprint Adherence: Rose to ~90% (80% increase)

Improved Delivery Reliability

Slow PR Cycle Time: Avg. 15h 47m PR creation to merge

Rapid PR Cycle Time: Near 100% reduction (~0 by Feb 2025)

Faster Time to Market for Features & Updates

High Mean Time to Restore (MTTR): 4 days 13 hours

Much Faster MTTR: Reduced to 7h 2m (>93% decrease)

Enhanced Product Stability & Quicker Incident Recovery

Features

Jellyfish

Core Value Proposition

Static dashboards for engineering leaders with limited team-level utility

Focus

High-level visibility for leadership

Target Audience

Primarily executive leadership

User Experience

Delayed data refreshes (often overnight)

Ease of Setup

Time-consuming with ongoing maintenance challenges

Pricing

Opaque with hefty setup fee

Features

Middleware

Core Value Proposition

Actionable insights that drive change with clear direction

Focus

Business outcomes and driving sustainable improvement

Target Audience

Teams and delivery leaders at all levels

User Experience

Real-time data updates

Ease of Setup

Quick, self-service configuration

Pricing

Transparent w/ zero setup fees

Features

Jellyfish

Core Value Proposition

Static dashboards for engineering leaders with limited team-level utility

Focus

High-level visibility for leadership

Target Audience

Primarily executive leadership

User Experience

Delayed data refreshes (often overnight)

Ease of Setup

Time-consuming with ongoing maintenance challenges

Pricing

Opaque with hefty setup fee

Features

Middleware

Core Value Proposition

Actionable insights that drive change with clear direction

Focus

Business outcomes and driving sustainable improvement

Target Audience

Teams and delivery leaders at all levels

User Experience

Real-time data updates

Pricing

Transparent w/ zero setup fees

Ease of Setup

Quick, self-service configuration

Before Middleware

After Middleware

Business Impact


High Unplanned Work:

Nearly 60% Adhoc Tickets

Reduced Unplanned Work: Adhoc Tickets reduced by 50% (~30%)

Increased Engineering Capacity for High-Value Work

High Spillover: Approx. 50% of tasks spilled over

Reduced Spillover: Spillover tasks decreased by 80% (~10%)

Improved Resource Utilization & Efficiency

Low Planning Success: Below 40% Planned Ticket Success Rate

Achieved High Planning Success: Planned Ticket Success Rate over 95% (>130% increase

More Predictable Feature Delivery

Low Sprint Adherence: Around 50% adherence

Increased Sprint Adherence: Rose to ~90% (80% increase)

Improved Delivery Reliability

Slow PR Cycle Time: Avg. 15h 47m PR creation to merge

Rapid PR Cycle Time: Near 100% reduction (~0 by Feb 2025)

Faster Time to Market for Features & Updates

High Mean Time to Restore (MTTR): 4 days 13 hours

Much Faster MTTR: Reduced to 7h 2m (>93% decrease)

Enhanced Product Stability & Quicker Incident Recovery

About WeWork

WeWork India is one of India’s leading premium flex office space providers, aimed at creating flexible workspace solutions for companies of all sizes.


Since its inception in India in 2016, WeWork India has expanded across 61 locations in Chennai, New Delhi, Gurugram, Noida, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune, and Hyderabad

About Middleware

Middleware is the #1 engineering productivity platform, empowering engineering leaders with the tools needed to streamline workflows, automate reporting, and gain actionable insights such as,


Dora Metrics, Flow Metrics, Bottleneck Analysis, and more!

💬 Testimonials

What Our Users Say

  • Middleware enabled tracking of sprint health, performance & growth

    Our team has gotten healthier and more collaborative than ever before. It’s just been absolutely fantastic. The team at Middleware is always around, always available, I don’t know when they sleep.

    Kris Chase

    VP Engineering

  • Something we couldn’t get with other tools

    Middleware has very robust data reports for both Jira and Github which is something we had trouble finding with other tools. We are able to get a more hollistic view of how well our teams are performing and identify gaps and bottlenecks that need to be addressed.

    Marisa Bernstein

    Technical Project Manager

  • The visibility into our processes we wanted

    Our aha moment was when we could really see how long each story point actually took our team. The time saved now can be used to make our developers more productive by working closely with them.

    Madanlal Arora

    AVP Engineering

  • Jellyfish never clicked for me

    Even with all that runway of maturity that they’ve developed, it wasn’t solving the problems. I didn’t like it. Middleware, on the other hand, felt like it was built exactly for me. I’ve tried Jira, GitHub, spreadsheets — everything. Middleware is what finally gave me my Fridays back.

    Carlos Sanchez

    Technical Project Manager

  • Middleware enabled tracking of sprint health, performance & growth

    Our team has gotten healthier and more collaborative than ever before. It’s just been absolutely fantastic. The team at Middleware is always around, always available, I don’t know when they sleep.

    Kris Chase

    VP Engineering

  • Something we couldn’t get with other tools

    Middleware has very robust data reports for both Jira and Github which is something we had trouble finding with other tools. We are able to get a more hollistic view of how well our teams are performing and identify gaps and bottlenecks that need to be addressed.

    Marisa Bernstein

    Technical Project Manager

  • The visibility into our processes we wanted

    Our aha moment was when we could really see how long each story point actually took our team. The time saved now can be used to make our developers more productive by working closely with them.

    Madanlal Arora

    AVP Engineering

  • Jellyfish never clicked for me

    Even with all that runway of maturity that they’ve developed, it wasn’t solving the problems. I didn’t like it. Middleware, on the other hand, felt like it was built exactly for me. I’ve tried Jira, GitHub, spreadsheets — everything. Middleware is what finally gave me my Fridays back.

    Carlos Sanchez

    Technical Project Manager

  • Middleware enabled tracking of sprint health, performance & growth

    Our team has gotten healthier and more collaborative than ever before. It’s just been absolutely fantastic. The team at Middleware is always around, always available, I don’t know when they sleep.

    Kris Chase

    VP Engineering

  • Something we couldn’t get with other tools

    Middleware has very robust data reports for both Jira and Github which is something we had trouble finding with other tools. We are able to get a more hollistic view of how well our teams are performing and identify gaps and bottlenecks that need to be addressed.

    Marisa Bernstein

    Technical Project Manager

  • The visibility into our processes we wanted

    Our aha moment was when we could really see how long each story point actually took our team. The time saved now can be used to make our developers more productive by working closely with them.

    Madanlal Arora

    AVP Engineering

  • Jellyfish never clicked for me

    Even with all that runway of maturity that they’ve developed, it wasn’t solving the problems. I didn’t like it. Middleware, on the other hand, felt like it was built exactly for me. I’ve tried Jira, GitHub, spreadsheets — everything. Middleware is what finally gave me my Fridays back.

    Carlos Sanchez

    Technical Project Manager

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We have worked with one of your competitors before but didn't really have a good experience, how is Middleware different?

Can I use Middleware without granting access to my private codebase?

How does Middleware help with engineering productivity?

What makes Middleware an effective engineering productivity tool?

Can Middleware help me start measuring engineering productivity right away?

We have budget constraints. Are there any options for us?

We have worked with one of your competitors before but didn't really have a good experience, how is Middleware different?