Templates

Role profiles, policies, ensemble programming guides and post templates to copy and adapt.

Documents I've written or adapted for engineering teams and for this site's own blog posts. Copy them, change them, and make them yours.

01

Role profiles

4

01.1 E2 Role Profile
Role profile template for a software engineer.
01.2 E3 Role Profile
Role profile template for a senior software engineer.
01.3 E4 Role Profile
Role profile template for an engineering manager.
01.4 Q3 Role Profile
Role profile template for a senior QA engineer.

02

Ensemble programming

4

02.1 Ensemble Programming Resources
Ensemble programming: further reading.
02.2 Ensemble Programming Roles
Ensemble programming: the roles people take.
02.3 Ensemble Programming Rules
Ensemble programming: ground rules for a session.
02.4 Ensemble Programming Symptoms
Ensemble programming: signs a session is going wrong.

03

Policies

2

03.1 SLA Policy Template
A service level agreement policy to adapt for your team.
03.2 Secure Development Policy Template
A secure development policy to adapt for your team.

04

Engineering templates

4

04.1 Dora Assessment 24 key capabilities checklist
Assess a team against the DORA capabilities.
04.2 Interview Template
Template for conducting interviews.
04.3 Principles
Engineering principles for a software team.
04.4 Strategy Template
Template for creating strategies.

05

Post templates

6

05.1 Data Post Template
Markdown front matter for a data post.
05.2 Film Post Template
Markdown front matter for a film post.
05.3 Music Post Template
Markdown front matter for a music post.
05.4 Quote Post Template
Markdown front matter for a quote post.
05.5 Regular Post Template
Markdown front matter for a regular post.
05.6 Weeknotes Template
Markdown front matter for weeknotes.