A checklist for software engineering leaders to review their ways of working, SDLC practices and team’s culture, built based on DevOps culture and the book “The DevOps Handbook” by P. Debois, J. Humble, G. Kim, J. Willis.

<aside> ℹ️ The framework is also available in few other formats (FigJam, Google Sheets, and more). For a deep dive, visit Practical Engineering Management:

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Table of contents

• 🌱 Culture & Environment
• 🧑‍💻 Development Practices
• 👥 Team Structure & Processes
• ⏩ Deployment & Release Management
• 🛡️ Organizational Resilience & Quality
• 🏆 Outcomes Orientation

🌱 Culture & Environment

Questions & hints

Read example questions below to reflect on your culture and environment. Based on your answers, do the self-assessment.

🤝 High-Trust Culture

• Is there a collaborative atmosphere where people are encouraged to take risks?
• Can team members talk about problems without fear of repercussions?
• Piece of inspiration: Mastering the Feedback

🔍 Blameless Post-Mortems

• Do you conduct post-mortems to learn and improve, not to assign blame?
• Are these post-mortems collaborative and inclusive?

📚 Collaborative Learning