Imagine this: instead of a generic holiday wish list, you send one to your CTO or manager, laying out what could elevate your team to new heights. Here’s how it might look:
Dear CTO,
This year, we’ve accomplished so much as a team. We've delivered great features, tackled complex challenges, and kept our systems running smoothly. As we aim for even greater engineering excellence in the year ahead, here’s what’s on our wish list:
A Unified Portal for Service Ownership
Engineering excellence starts with clarity. A single source of truth for ownership, like Cortex, would eliminate ambiguity, ensuring every service is cared for and every team knows their role.
Streamlined Onboarding for New Engineers
Bringing new team members up to speed quickly is key to maintaining velocity. With Cortex’s integrations and workflows, onboarding could be frictionless, empowering new hires to contribute from day one.
Proactive Reliability Measures
Excellence means staying ahead of problems. With Cortex scorecards and health checks, we could identify weak spots and resolve them before they lead to late-night alerts.
Metrics That Elevate Performance
Measuring the right things is foundational to excellence. Cortex scorecards and reporting can help us align on actionable metrics that drive real impact, from service health to delivery efficiency.
More Time for Innovation
Engineering excellence isn’t just about maintaining what we’ve built—it’s about creating the future. By reducing toil and automating ownership tracking, we’d have more time to focus on innovation and creativity.
Together, these tools and practices would set us up for an even stronger year ahead.
Sincerely,
Your Engineering Team
This holiday season, let’s commit to empowering developers with the tools and processes that enable engineering excellence. Cortex can help teams work smarter, not harder, so everyone can focus on building what matters most.
