This standard ensures teams take ownership of their internal technical standards, evolving them to meet changing needs while upholding engineering quality. It empowers teams to work with autonomy and accountability.
Aligned to our "Engineering Excellence First" policy, this standard promotes consistency, innovation, and pride in craftsmanship. Without it, quality drifts, standards stagnate, and teams become reliant on top-down direction.
Level 1 – Initial: Technical standards are informal or outdated. Quality practices vary widely across teams, and improvements depend on individual initiative.
Level 2 – Managed: Some teams maintain internal standards, but they are applied inconsistently and rarely evolve. Ownership may be unclear or unevenly distributed.
Level 3 – Defined: Teams take clear ownership of their internal technical standards. Standards are documented, shared, and regularly reviewed to meet current needs.
Level 4 – Quantitatively Managed: Standard adoption and effectiveness are tracked. Teams use metrics, peer review, and retrospectives to evolve their practices and align with broader engineering goals.
Level 5 – Optimising: Technical standards are dynamic, evolving with feedback, emerging patterns, and new technologies. Cross-team learning accelerates maturity, and high-quality engineering becomes a cultural norm.