Complementary operating models for building high-performing engineering organisations - one focused on engineering capability and technical excellence, the other on the people system that makes it sustainable.
Six models
These are not domain frameworks - they are cross-cutting operating systems. Every team in your engineering organisation operates within all six whether you have designed them or not. The question is whether you have designed them deliberately.
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Engineering Operating Model
How software is built, delivered, and operated - capability maturity, technical standards, tooling, and the eight engineering domains.
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People Operating Model
How people are organised, grown, led, and managed - role architecture, career frameworks, talent, leadership, and management playbooks.
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Delivery Operating Model
How work flows through the system - ways of working, WIP management, agile ceremonies, dependencies, releases, and delivery metrics.
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Governance Operating Model
How decisions are made - architectural governance, engineering standards, risk management, technical debt, incident response, and assurance.
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Financial Operating Model
How money is managed - engineering budgeting, FinOps, investment prioritisation, unit economics, vendor management, and financial reporting.
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Measurement Operating Model
How performance is understood - DORA metrics, OKRs, team health, reporting cadences, data quality, and continuous improvement loops.
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