Mantel Group is helping its clients unlock new levels of productivity with GitHub Copilot, enhancing software development efficiency by up to 50%.
The tech consultancy shaved 100 days off a recent API development for a bank using GitHub Copilot, accelerating the project delivery schedule by a third.
Mantel Group Chief Technology Officer, Adam Durbin says this is just one example of the opportunities uncovered using Gen AI tools to boost productivity and efficiency across both technical and non-technical stages of the software development lifecycle.
“Our Gen AI-powered teams are providing clients substantial time-to-value benefits through faster delivery”
Adam Durbin | Mantel GroupCTO
Mantel Group has one of the largest cohorts of AI and machine learning specialists in Australia and currently has the most certified GitHub Copilot practitioners in ANZ.
“Organisations in every industry continue to benefit from the transformative impact of GitHub Copilot, empowering developers to ship faster than previously imaginable, release new features early and often, and, in turn, drive greater innovation, productivity, and competitive advantage for their business. It’s fantastic to see Mantel Group harness the power of our Copilot-powered platform to deliver more for its clients, and accelerate digital transformation at scale.”
Sharryn Napier | APAC at GitHubVice President
“In boosting individual developer efficiency we’re finding key benefits of tools like GitHub Copilot are time saved and a better developer experience overall, clients are eager for these operational efficiencies so we’re spending quite a bit of time sharing our knowledge and learnings, showing them what’s possible with these tools to make their teams more efficient and maximise AI investments.”
Patrick Eckel | Mantel GroupPartner - Digital
While GitHub Copilot is boosting individual developer efficiency, the application of Gen-AI tooling to Mantel Group’s full software development life cycle is expected to produce even greater gains.
“What we are seeing today is just the tip of the iceberg. This is our core business moving forward and we will continue to see greater benefits over time.”
Adam Durbin | Mantel GroupCTO
How Mantel Group is using GitHub Copilot to accelerate software development:
Example 1
Task:
Generating tests for application code.
How:
Developers can prompt GitHub Copilot to look at a piece of code and generate test cases, including any edge cases they may not have considered and suggest tests to cover them.
Time saved:
Using GitHub Copilot this takes roughly 30 minutes compared to about 8 hours using conventional methods.
Example 2
Task:
Software migration/modernisation
How:
Developers can prompt GitHub Copilot to examine an application written with legacy code (i.e .NET Framework) and suggest the most efficient way to update it (i.e in .NET 8). GitHub Copilot can even suggest how to rewrite the application in another language like Python.
Time saved:
Using GitHub Copilot this can take a few hours compared to anywhere from two days to a week using conventional methods.
Example 3
Task:
Generating documentation for code and projects.
How:
Developers can prompt GitHub Copilot to look at poorly written code (i.e poorly described variable and method names) and explain what the code is trying to do. Copilot can also suggest how to make poorly written code more descriptive and readable. GitHub Copilot can look at the entire project directory, and generate Markdown files to describe the project, how to get started with development, and how to test the project.
Time saved:
Using GitHub Copilot this takes about two hours, sometimes less, compared to two days using conventional methods.
