SudoBrendan
commented
3 years ago I think covering everything is good, I also worry about the looseness of definitions in the 1-5 assessment questions.
At the most basic:
- is "1" good or bad?
- who should be answering the assessment? Managers? Developers? Sysadmins? Executives? Everyone together?
Slightly more difficult:
What does a "1" in "Network Awareness" mean? How would it compare to a "1" in "Security"? I feel like the way these topics are grouped makes them not well-defined and difficult to compare across topics in the assessment, but also between iterations. For example, if I mark org A as "1" in networking, and org B as a "2"... what difference in maturity/skill does that show? When will I know a business has gone from "2" to "3"? I feel like this can cause drift between assessments, especially over long periods of time, and make it difficult to use (e.g I took the assessment last year, and I'm following up to see what progress was made).
I think these problems could be addressed by having more rigid definitions, especially for the 1-5 categories. Example:
| Skill | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Containerization | Containers are not understood or used by any teams | Containers have been explored conceptually by at least one team, but never implemented in production | Containers are used by at least one team as their preferred hosting framework in production | Containers are widely used, but orchestration of containers is not formalized across the organization | Containers are widely used and orchestration of containers is well defined across the organization |
PS, I think "Containerization" (framework/idea) is better than "Kubernetes" (technology)
This format answers:
- "1" is bad, "5" is good
- I know who/what to ask to figure out where on the scale an org sits
- I know what it takes to go from "2" to "3", and every org at "4" is at the same maturity - I can tell immediately what they have/don't have, and probably more importantly, what their next goal is (if they even have one).
LMK what your thoughts are, I can help make this happen if it looks like a good idea.
chadmf
With upcoming work with multiple workshops need to make sure we are covering everything in the assesment section