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Optimizing Your Engineering Team: Insights from BEST™

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April 10, 2024

At Six Feet Up, we pride ourselves on innovation and excellence. However, even the most efficient teams can benefit from an external perspective. As the VP of Engineering, I wanted to ensure our team was operating at its peak potential. To do this, I leveraged the BEST™ Framework, a strategic tool Six Feet Up designed to help engineering leaders accelerate their Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) by evaluating and optimizing their teams. 

Despite regular check-ins and a collaborative environment, I felt there were areas we could improve. Many tech leaders may not fully understand what’s happening at the ground level. BEST helps bridge this gap by providing clear, data-driven insights into team performance and challenges. Additionally, the assessment process empowers developers by giving them a platform to share their experiences and feedback anonymously, which is crucial for continuous improvement and team morale.

My Objectives:

  1. Identify strengths and weaknesses: Understand where we excel and where we need improvement.
  2. Empower data-driven decisions: Use concrete data to make informed decisions.
  3. Foster continuous improvement: Establish a culture of ongoing enhancement and feedback.

The Assessment Process and Findings

The process was simple yet powerful. The assessment, organized into 4 stages and 19 units, took each team member just 15 minutes, providing invaluable insights across 90 data points. Here are the highlights from our team’s results:

Best Performing Areas

Culture

Training/Growth Mindset

Configuration Management

Areas Needing Improvement

Development Environment Setup

Documentation

Security

Six Feet Up's Results in More Detail:

Why BEST™?

BEST™ has been a pivotal tool in identifying our strengths and, most importantly, our areas that need improvement. By focusing on precise, data-driven insights, we addressed inefficiencies and enhanced our culture of continuous improvement. From refining our onboarding processes, to ensuring robust backups, and enhancing security measures, the BEST™ Framework equipped us with the strategies needed to excel.

Our clients who have used BEST™ have been able to roll out better practices for:

To ensure we continually benefit from these insights, we have committed to conducting the BEST™ assessment annually. Going forward, this initiative will enable us to make data-driven decisions, enhance team collaboration, and ensure our projects align with our strategic objectives.

Read more about the BEST™ Framework and book a demo.

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