This standard ensures teams embrace and celebrate growth through intentional learning practices-like retrospectives, pairing, and knowledge sharing. It cultivates curiosity, reinforces mastery, and builds collective confidence.
Aligned to our "Psychological Safety First" policy, this standard helps teams treat learning as progress, not failure. Without it, growth becomes accidental, and valuable insights are lost or overlooked.
Clearly defined impacts of meeting this standard include improved delivery flow, reduced risk, higher system resilience, and better alignment to business needs. Over time, teams will see reduced rework, faster time to value, and stronger system integrity.
Level 1 – Initial: Learning is informal and largely dependent on individual motivation.
Level 2 – Managed: Some teams prioritise learning opportunities, but support is inconsistent.
Level 3 – Defined: Learning practices (e.g. pair programming, knowledge shares) are standardised.
Level 4 – Quantitatively Managed: Learning effectiveness is reviewed and resourced based on outcomes.
Level 5 – Optimising: Continuous learning is embedded in culture, tied to strategy, and measured for impact.