Playbooks

Deep dives, checklists, and tactics for building resilient software delivery teams.

12-Factor, modernized

Playbook for applying 12-Factor discipline in modern cloud environments.

Source: content/playbooks/12factor-modernized/index.md

Accelerate MTTR

Playbook for reducing MTTR using telemetry, runbooks, and gamedays.

Source: content/playbooks/accelerating-mttr/index.md

AI as a junior developer

Playbook that treats AI as an intern-level contributor.

Source: content/playbooks/ai-as-a-junior-developer/index.md

Build your own dev agent

Framework for composing prompts, tools, and evaluation loops into a dev-focused AI agent.

Source: content/playbooks/build-your-own-dev-agent/index.md

Assess cognitive load

Playbook for quantifying and managing cognitive load.

Source: content/playbooks/cognitive-load-assessment/index.md

Developer onboarding as a service

Playbook for building self-serve developer onboarding environments.

Source: content/playbooks/developer-onboarding-as-a-service/index.md

Enabling teams

Playbook for standing up enabling teams and interfaces to platform squads.

Source: content/playbooks/enabling-teams/index.md

From CI/CD to GitOps

Playbook for adopting GitOps safely across teams.

Source: content/playbooks/from-ci-cd-to-gitops/index.md

Golden paths for developers

Playbook for designing and maintaining golden paths.

Source: content/playbooks/golden-paths-for-devs/index.md

Increase deployment frequency

Blueprint for increasing deployment frequency without trading off quality.

Source: content/playbooks/improving-deployment-frequency/index.md

Internal platform architecture

Reference architecture for IDPs, Backstage, and homegrown portals.

Source: content/playbooks/internal-platform-architecture/index.md

Leadership for flow

Leadership playbook for reducing bottlenecks and reinforcing flow.

Source: content/playbooks/leadership-for-flow/index.md

Measure DORA metrics

Guide for capturing DORA metrics across delivery pipelines.

Source: content/playbooks/measure-dora-metrics/index.md

Measure developer experience

Playbook for pairing surveys and metrics to assess developer experience.

Source: content/playbooks/measuring-devex/index.md

Reduce change failure rate

Strategies to keep change failure rate low using automation and observability.

Source: content/playbooks/reducing-change-failure-rate/index.md

Shorten lead time

Tactics for speeding up delivery while keeping quality high.

Source: content/playbooks/shortening-lead-time/index.md

Stateless microservices

Guide for building stateless services with ephemeral infrastructure.

Source: content/playbooks/stateless-microservices/index.md

Stream-aligned teams

Playbook for structuring stream-aligned teams and defining service contracts.

Source: content/playbooks/stream-aligned-teams/index.md