L3 Lead Engineer — Delivery Guild Cross-Guild Criteria
These criteria define what the Delivery Guild expects from a Lead Engineer (L3) who is primarily a Technology Guild role. They are authored and governed by the Delivery Guild.
Consulting Management
| ID | Criterion |
|---|---|
| L3-CM01 | Provides mentoring and assistance to staff for time management, work planning and problem solving. Able to guide and advise across multiple engagements. Guide and assist team members. |
| L3-CM02 | Contributes to the internal discussion forums ensuring engineers stay up to date with the latest direction of Microsoft products and trends in technology. |
| L3-CM03 | Considered to be a thought leader in his/her or her technology group of expertise. |
| L3-CM04 | Able to review technical documentation and solutions across multiple engagements related to technology group of expertise. |
| L3-CM05 | Excellent interpersonal communication skills. Confident and persuasive presenter. |
| L3-CM06 | Provide heavy pre-sales support for opportunities that relate to technology group of consultant’s expertise. |
| L3-CM07 | Review functional specifications, acting as an advocate for the customer. |
| L3-CM08 | Understand the business drivers through the sales process, assisting Account Director. |
| L3-CM09 | Can run requirements gathering workshops and translate into user stories. |
| L3-CM10 | Able to influence and guide stakeholder decision making. Has a firm grasp of business value and can develop clear business cases. |
Project Management
| ID | Criterion |
|---|---|
| L3-PM01 | Actively contributes to cross-practice alignment initiatives and artefacts |
| L3-PM02 | Is an advocate at all times for CA Labs to internal and external parties. Maintains a high level of professionalism at all times. |
| L3-PM03 | Contributes to onboarding by referring people, being part of interviews, or improving technical interview processes. |
| L3-PM04 | Evidence of significant contribution to internal technical forums and recognition by peers as a technical subject matter expert. Contribution can be facilitated through CA Labs internal forums such as confluence articles, blog articles, monthly retrospectives or equivalent customer facing forums. |
| L3-PM05 | two new blog articles per year, and/or one external user group presentation every 1 years |
Business Analysis Management
| ID | Criterion |
|---|---|
| L3-BAM01 | Leads and manages the creation and execution of project technical budget and scope. Discusses project scope and budget with the customer and directs project scope be to able to be implemented on time and budget without sacrificing quality. |
| L3-BAM02 | Actively seeks and creates opportunities for further work within the current work streams business unit. |
| L3-BAM03 | Participates in creation of assets for the practice portfolio. |
| L3-BAM04 | Prescribes applicable standards, methods, tools and applications to consultant teams. Maintains an awareness of new technologies and their application and actively contributes to the development of productivity tools and assets. |
| L3-BAM05 | Selects and refines development processes and practices for projects. |
| L3-BAM06 | Assists in the creation of new development processes and practices. |