Engineering Team Assessment
Pilotcore
Engineering Excellence Experts

Is Your Engineering Team Running at Peak Performance?

Get a comprehensive assessment of your engineering operations in just 2 weeks. Discover exactly where you're losing velocity and get a clear roadmap to excellence.

Measure DORA metrics
Quantify operational toil
Identify quick wins
Get actionable roadmap

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Your Engineers Are Drowning in Operational Work

Many engineering teams spend the majority of their time on toil instead of building features. Our assessment reveals exactly where you're losing velocity.

Constant Firefighting

Your team is always in reactive mode, never getting ahead

High Burnout Risk

3am pages and weekend work are destroying morale

Slow Delivery

Features take weeks when they should take days

Comprehensive Engineering Operations Analysis

We examine every aspect of how your engineering team operates

DORA Metrics Baseline

Measure your deployment frequency, lead time, MTTR, and change failure rate

Team Health & Culture

Assess burnout risk, on-call burden, and engineering satisfaction

Operational Toil Analysis

Identify repetitive tasks consuming your team's time

Platform Maturity

Evaluate self-service capabilities and automation levels

Security Integration

Review how security impacts development velocity

Cost Efficiency

Analyze engineering spend vs. value delivered

Your 2-Week Assessment Journey

Week 1: Discovery & Data Collection

  • Engineering leader interviews
  • Developer surveys and feedback
  • DORA metrics measurement
  • Tool and process audit
  • On-call and incident analysis
  • Toil identification workshops

Week 2: Analysis & Recommendations

  • Data analysis and benchmarking
  • Quick win identification
  • Roadmap development
  • ROI calculations
  • Executive presentation
  • Implementation planning

What You'll Receive

Complete Engineering Excellence Report

Current state analysis with benchmarks
DORA metrics measurement & targets
Toil quantification report
Platform engineering roadmap
Quick win recommendations
ROI projections for improvements

Sample Insights You'll Get:

  • • "Your deployment frequency is 73% below industry average"
  • • "Engineers spend 68% of time on operational toil"
  • • "Implementing self-service infrastructure would save 1,200 hours/month"
  • • "Your MTTR could improve 5x with proper observability"

Common Questions

Who should participate in the assessment?

We'll need time with engineering leadership, team leads, and a cross-section of individual contributors. Total time commitment is about 2-3 hours per person over the 2 weeks.

What data do you need access to?

We'll need read-only access to your CI/CD metrics, incident reports, and deployment history. All data is handled confidentially and used only for analysis purposes.

What happens after the assessment?

You'll have a clear roadmap with prioritized recommendations. You can implement them internally, engage us for specific projects, or pursue a full platform engineering transformation. The choice is yours.

How is this different from other assessments?

We focus specifically on engineering velocity and operational excellence, not just tools or processes. Our recommendations are based on proven practices from elite-performing teams and include concrete ROI projections.

Stop Guessing. Start Measuring. Transform Your Engineering.

Get the data-driven insights you need to build an elite engineering organization.

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Engineering Team Assessment Pilot Timeline & Investment

Share this with product, engineering, finance, and security so everyone understands effort, deliverables, and budget before kickoff.

Week 1

Delivery diagnostics

  • • Interviews with product, eng, ops leaders.
  • • Metrics pull: DORA, cycle time, toil, attrition.
  • • Org design + skill inventory review.
  • • Immediate blockers + risks documented.

Investment: $12K-$16K USD

Week 2

Playbook design

  • • Prioritized improvement backlog.
  • • Platform, process, and talent recommendations.
  • • Enablement + governance model defined.
  • • Executive narrative + KPI targets drafted.

Investment: Included

Week 3

Executive alignment

  • • Roadmap sequencing + investment options.
  • • Hiring vs. partner plan.
  • • Change management + comms assets.
  • • 90-day activation sprint scoped.

Investment: Optional activation sprint $35K+

Give Every Stakeholder the Confidence to Approve This Pilot

Engineering Team Assessment impacts budget, delivery, and risk. Use these talking points when you brief the steering group.

CTO / VPE

Clarity on what to fix first

  • • Objective look at delivery bottlenecks.
  • • Comparative benchmarks for board updates.
  • • Options for in-house vs. partner execution.
  • • Confidence the plan is achievable.

Product / Ops

Predictable delivery commitments

  • • Shared KPIs and accountability.
  • • Backlog shaping tied to revenue goals.
  • • Transparency on platform + process changes.
  • • Near-term wins to restore trust.

People / Finance

Talent & budget foresight

  • • Hiring plan tied to capability gaps.
  • • Training + enablement recommendations.
  • • Cost scenarios for tooling/partners.
  • • Narrative for board + investors.

Choose the Next Step That Fits

Need executive-ready answers or want a low-friction way to move forward? Pick the path that matches your urgency.

Paid · Credited Toward Delivery

Engineering Activation Sprint

Hands-on 30-day sprint implementing the highest-impact recommendations.

$42K USD

Assessment fee rolls into activation when booked in 45 days.

Free · Low Friction

Engineering Metrics Scorecard Template

Spreadsheet + narrative prompts to brief execs.

We’ll send it once you share your details.