Org Design
By Medium
Level 1
Respects and participates in processes, giving meaningful feedback to help the organization improve
E.g. Provided feedback on sprint planning meeting
E.g. Explained tactical meeting format to a new hire
E.g. Facilitated effective tactical meeting with empathy
Actively participates and makes contributions within organizational processes
Teaches others about existing processes
Reflects on meetings that leave them inspired or frustrated
Level 2
Identifies opportunities to improve existing processes and makes changes that positively affect the local team
E.g. Defined standard channels for inter-team communication
E.g. Improved Watch on-call rotation scheduling
E.g. Defined Frankenmeeting structure for small team
Advocates for improved diversity and inclusion, and proposes ideas to help
Engages in organizational systems thinking
Defines meeting structure and cadence that meets team needs
Level 3
Develops processes to solve ongoing organizational problems
E.g. Defined Guilds manifesto and charter
E.g. Created bug-rotation program to address ongoing quality issues
E.g. Developed baseline team templates for consistency
Reallocates resources to meet organizational needs
Solves long-standing organizational problems
Creates programs that meaningfully improve organizational diversity
Level 4
Thinks deeply about organizational issues and identifies hidden dynamics that contribute to them
E.g. Analyzed the hiring rubric for false negative potential
E.g. Raised leadership level change discrepancies
E.g. Connected mobile recruiting difficulties to focus on excellence
Ties abstract concerns to concrete organizational actions or norms
Analyzes existing processes for bias and shortfall
Evaluates incentive structures and their effect on execution
Level 5
Leads initiatives to address issues stemming from hidden dynamics and company norms
E.g. Built the growth framework rubric
E.g. Directed resources to meaningfully improve diversity at all levels
E.g. Lead efforts to increase number of mobile engineers"
Leads planning and communication for reorgs
Creates new structures that provide unique growth opportunities
Builds programs to train leadership in desired skills