Project Management
By Medium
Level 1
Effectively delivers individual tasks
E.g. Delivered payment history dashboard
E.g. Delivered stream item support for email digests
E.g. Wrote the technical spec for featured post images
Writes effective technical specs outlining approach
Delivers tightly-scoped projects efficiently
Estimates small tasks accurately
Level 2
Effectively delivers small personal projects
E.g. Executed the recommends to claps backfill
E.g. Delivered audio uploading for web client
E.g. Delivered promo editor
Defines and hits interim milestones
Balances pragmatism and polish appropriately
Performs research and considers alternative approaches
Level 3
Effectively delivers projects through a small team
E.g. Facilitated project kickoff meeting to get buy-in
E.g. Completed launch checklist unprompted for well controlled rollout
E.g. Ran project retro to assess improvement opportunities
Chooses appropriate project management strategy based on context
Integrates business needs into project planning
Delegates tasks to others appropriately
Level 4
Effectively delivers projects through a large team, or with a significant amount of stakeholders or complexity
E.g. Involved marketing, legal, and appropriate functions at project start
E.g. Managed infrastructure migration to VPC
E.g. Oversaw technical delivery of Hightower
Leverages recognition of repeated project patterns
Manages dependencies on other projects and teams
Finds ways to deliver requested scope faster, and prioritizes backlog
Level 5
Manages major company pushes delivered by multiple teams
E.g. Delivered multi-month engineering project on time
E.g. Lead technical delivery of 10/7
E.g. Managed technical migration to SOA
Owns a key company metric
Leads teams of teams, and coordinates effective cross-functional collaboration
Considers external constraints and business objectives when planning