Software Development's Ability: Cha (Communication & Leadership): Collaboration

This ability focuses on how well you work within the team. Specifically focused on the communication of initiatives.

(adds 1 mile to your journey)

Examples of what you will be known for doing / trusted to do at this milestone
Effective in communicating status to the team	Exhibits RTR's core values, focuses on understanding and living these values
Accepts feedback graciously and learns from everything they do	Communicates assumptions and gets clarification on tasks up front to minimize the need for rework

(adds 3 miles to your journey)

Examples of what you will be known for doing / trusted to do at this milestone
Understands how their work fits in to the larger project and identifies problems with requirements	Communicates technical decisions through design docs, tech talks, and the wiki
Communicates effectively cross functions; is able to work well with Product, Design, Analytics, etc, as necessary	Proactively identifies problems with requirements (lack of clarity, inconsistencies, technical limitations) for their own work and adjacent work, and communicates these issues early to help course-correct

(adds 6 miles to your journey)

Examples of what you will be known for doing / trusted to do at this milestone
Sits on the Architectural Review Board, provides feedback on projects outside of their core area	Understands the tradeoffs between technical, analytical and product needs and leads to solutions that take all of these needs into account
Identifies and proposes strategies around technical problems affecting their team, communicates standards and gets buy-in on solutions	Multiplies the effectiveness of others by facilitating cross-team work
Listens and guides debates to help reach a consensus; once a decision is made, clearly communicates and backs that decision	Leads delivery of major initiatives on clear timelines
Able to identify areas of strategic technical debt and provide cost/benefit analysis for eliminating this debt and suggested timelines for how to prioritize it	Identifies and proactively tackles technical debt before it grows into debt that requires significant up-front work to resolve

(adds 12 miles to your journey)

Examples of what you will be known for doing / trusted to do at this milestone
Collaborates across functional areas to define, prioritize and ensure implementation of specific innovations to improve technical functionality in support of business needs, efficiencies and revenue	Able to communicate technical concepts to business stakeholders as well as communicate business objectives to the technical team
Leverages past experience and uses strong communication skills to collaborate effectively with all stakeholders including customers, senior management and other business leaders	Partners effectively with product to manage scope and deliverables for the technical side of the product roadmap
Leads the conversations internally about the direction of major areas of the technology, drives wide-team consensus to the adoption of this direction, and uses this direction to inspire engineers

(adds 20 miles to your journey)

Examples of what you will be known for doing / trusted to do at this milestone
Communicates multi-year technical strategy and leads the team in identifying further strategic areas for development

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