When you bring a tool like Athenian to an engineering organization you need to successfully enable and onboard the whole organization.
By onboarding multiple engineering organizations we've noticed some common patterns that we want to share, in the form of a Do's and Don'ts list:
✓ Do | 🛑 Don't |
Make sure it's clear to the organization why you need Athenian | Keep Athenian only for managers |
Onboard one team at the time | Share Athenian with the team and let it go |
Train managers to effectively communicate goals | Expect the team to understand why metrics matter |
State that you don't want to introduce a performance tool | Use Athenian to blame individuals |
Define clear objectives at the top (that then cascade down into teams) | Ask the teams to define ad hoc objectives |
Bring PMs into the conversation as they need to co-own decisions | Keep PMs unaware of the investment needed to continuously improve |
Becoming a data-empowered engineering organization requires investment and our Engineering Success organization will be here to support your teams, however, you need to ensure that:
You are transparent with the team and you explain what your goal is;
Progressively rollout Athenian through the organization;
Define clear goals and consistently track them;
If you need support rolling out Athenian and a continuous improvement mindset to your organization reach out to us, we are here to partner with you.