Measure and Reduce Developer Cognitive Load Across 6 Squads
Overview
What this challenge is about.
Run the Team Topologies team self-assessment (cognitive-load survey, 12 questions) with 5 representatives per squad (30 total). Inventory each squad's tool surface: services owned, runbooks, dashboards, CI pipelines, on-call rotations. Cross-reference with the squad's actual cognitive-load score. Identify the top 3 load sources per squad (typical pattern: too-many-services, fragmented observability, ad-hoc CI). Propose platform interventions per squad with effort estimates. Deliver an 8-page assessment report, a per-squad heat map, and a 90-day platform roadmap covering the highest-leverage 5 interventions.
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
Measure cognitive load across 6 squads and propose 5 highest-leverage platform interventions in a 90-day roadmap.
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Apply Team Topologies cognitive-load methodology to a real organization
- Inventory squad tool surface and connect it to subjective load reports
- Identify platform-engineering investments that actually reduce load
- Communicate platform strategy in terms a non-platform leader can fund
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Where this fits in your program.
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