Industry benchmarks
The numbers we are working against
Published research on how digital programmes actually perform across the sectors we work in. These are external figures from named sources, not our own claims — each one links to the original publication.
16%of digital transformations both improved performance and sustained the gains
Source: McKinsey & Company, Unlocking success in digital transformations, 20181 in 6IT projects becomes a “black swan” — a 200% average cost overrun
Source: Flyvbjerg & Budzier, Harvard Business Review, Why Your IT Project May Be Riskier Than You Think, 201130%+of generative AI projects were forecast to be abandoned after proof of concept by the end of 2025
Source: Gartner, Press release, 29 July 2024, 202440%+of agentic AI projects are forecast to be cancelled by the end of 2027
Source: Gartner, Press release, 25 June 2025, 202568%of European consumers abandoned a financial services application during onboarding
Source: Signicat, The Battle to Onboard, 202270.2%average documented online shopping cart abandonment rate
Source: Baymard Institute, Cart Abandonment Rate Statistics, 202695.9%of the top one million home pages have detectable WCAG 2 failures
Source: WebAIM, The WebAIM Million, 202685%of organisations name managing cloud spend as a top challenge
Source: Flexera, State of the Cloud Report, 202685%is the world-class OEE benchmark — typical plants run between 40% and 60%
Source: Nakajima TPM benchmark, Overall Equipment Effectiveness standard, 198830%of developers report little or no trust in AI-generated code
Source: DORA (Google Cloud), State of AI-assisted Software Development, 202590%of organisations have adopted at least one internal developer platform
Source: DORA (Google Cloud), State of AI-assisted Software Development, 2025All sources
All statistics on this page are published by third parties and are reproduced with the publisher, the report and the year of publication. AslanWay is not the author of any of them. Figures reflect the population each study surveyed and may not generalise to your organisation — follow the link and read the methodology before relying on one.
- McKinsey & CompanyUnlocking success in digital transformations, 2018
- Flyvbjerg & Budzier, Harvard Business ReviewWhy Your IT Project May Be Riskier Than You Think, 2011
- GartnerPress release, 29 July 2024, 2024
- GartnerPress release, 25 June 2025, 2025
- SignicatThe Battle to Onboard, 2022
- Baymard InstituteCart Abandonment Rate Statistics, 2026
- WebAIMThe WebAIM Million, 2026
- FlexeraState of the Cloud Report, 2026
- Nakajima TPM benchmarkOverall Equipment Effectiveness standard, 1988
- DORA (Google Cloud)State of AI-assisted Software Development, 2025