This standard ensures technical excellence is recognised, shared, and celebrated—strengthening quality, innovation, and team pride. By making excellence visible, we fuel continuous learning, collaboration, and higher standards.
Aligned to our "Engineering Excellence First" and "Foster Craftsmanship & Mastery" policies, this standard drives a culture that rewards diligence and craftsmanship. Without it, key achievements go unnoticed, and motivation to raise the bar wanes.
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| People & Culture | Excellence is seen as individual or incidental. Recognition is rare or informal. |
| Process & Governance | No deliberate effort to capture or share examples of excellent technical work. |
| Technology & Tools | No mechanism or platform for surfacing technical craftsmanship. |
| Measurement & Metrics | Excellence is not defined, tracked, or connected to engineering outcomes. |
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| People & Culture | Some teams share and recognise excellence, but it remains local or ad hoc. |
| Process & Governance | Recognition happens occasionally through reviews or retrospectives. |
| Technology & Tools | Teams may post examples or demos in chat or team pages. |
| Measurement & Metrics | Anecdotal feedback or informal tracking of technical wins. |
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| People & Culture | Excellence is defined and celebrated. Craft is part of team identity. |
| Process & Governance | Regular ceremonies or forums surface examples of high-quality work. |
| Technology & Tools | Portals or dashboards highlight reusable patterns, designs, or fixes. |
| Measurement & Metrics | Evidence of excellence is documented and reviewed as part of team learning. |
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| People & Culture | Teams seek excellence deliberately and reflect on what it looks like. |
| Process & Governance | Excellence recognition is tied to feedback loops in OKRs, career development, or reviews. |
| Technology & Tools | Examples of excellence are tagged, tracked, and made discoverable across teams. |
| Measurement & Metrics | Impact of excellent work is tracked against outcomes like flow, quality, and adoption. |
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| People & Culture | Culture of excellence is embedded. Mentorship and pride are driven by it. |
| Process & Governance | Excellence influences hiring, investment, and internal positioning. |
| Technology & Tools | Advanced discovery, search, and social validation of excellent patterns and practices. |
| Measurement & Metrics | Longitudinal impact of excellence is measured and used to guide learning and improvement. |