This standard ensures teams regularly reflect on their technical decisions, patterns, and practices-creating space for deliberate improvement and shared learning. It deepens expertise and strengthens engineering culture.
Aligned to our "Foster Craftsmanship & Mastery" policy, this standard promotes continuous growth and thoughtful delivery. Without it, teams risk stagnation, repeated mistakes, and missed opportunities to raise the bar.
Level 1 – Initial: Technical reflection is informal or absent. Improvements rely on individual initiative, and learnings are rarely shared or acted upon.
Level 2 – Managed: Some teams schedule reflective sessions, but they are irregular or superficial. Outcomes are not consistently captured or revisited.
Level 3 – Defined: Technical reflection is a recurring, structured practice across teams. Sessions explore architectural decisions, tooling, and engineering patterns, with clear takeaways.
Level 4 – Quantitatively Managed: Reflection outcomes are documented, tracked, and revisited. Common themes inform engineering initiatives, and practices are benchmarked across teams.
Level 5 – Optimising: Reflection is embedded in engineering culture and improvement cycles. Insights drive systemic changes, shared learning accelerates maturity, and rituals evolve to meet team and organisational needs.