Avg Member Review Time is the average elapsed time between when a PR is assigned to a member for review and when they submit their first substantive review. It's the per-member lever on review pickup latency.
What it measures
For PRs assigned to this member as reviewer in the period: the average duration between review_requested_at (or opened_at if no explicit assignment) and first_review_submitted_at.
How Leanmote calculates it
avg_review_time = avg(first_review_at - review_requested_at) for reviews where reviewer = member in period
Working hours are respected by default so off-hours gaps don't inflate the metric.
"Substantive" reviews exclude empty approvals when configurable.
If multiple PRs are queued, each is timed independently.
How to interpret it
Under 4 working hours is excellent.
4–24 working hours is healthy for most teams.
Over 24 hours sustained means review pickup is the bottleneck for this member's queue. Look at workload or rotation rules.
Compare to the team median. A member 2× slower than the team median while carrying a typical load is worth a conversation.
What to do about it
Coach toward dedicated review windows if pickup is consistently slow.
Redistribute the review queue if a member is overloaded.
Set explicit team SLAs for review pickup so expectations are explicit.
Related metrics
Review latency
Review participation
Avg Member Time to Merge
Avg Member TT First Approval