Andy Weir
Engineering Leadership for Scaling Teams

Engineering Effectiveness Review

A short, evidence-based review of how engineering really works – and what’s getting in the way.

When delivery slows down, work gets stuck, or leadership loses visibility, it’s rarely one thing – and almost never the thing people assume (process, tooling, or “team performance”).

The Engineering Effectiveness Review gives you a clear picture of where friction comes from, where risks hide, and why delivery feels the way it does.

Just a plain-language diagnostic you can act on.

Who It’s For

It’s designed for scale-ups with ~10-20 engineers, where growth is starting to outpace the system.

• Teams losing confidence in delivery

  Pace slipping, work getting stuck, unclear why.

• Leaders overwhelmed by decisions and escalations

  Too many issues pushed up to founders/CTOs; ownership unclear.

• Product ↔ Engineering not aligned

  Conflicting expectations, handoff friction, hidden bottlenecks.

• Low visibility for leadership and investors

  Hard to explain progress, risks, or delivery health.

• Scaling without clarity

  Growing engineering, but the real constraints aren’t obvious.

What You Get

• A clear picture of how engineering actually works today

  What’s helping, what’s hurting, and why.

• Evidence of what’s really slowing delivery down

  Grounded in interviews and walkthroughs across business, product, and engineering.

• A shared view

  Alignment between leadership, product, and engineering.

• Targeted improvement starting points

  3 quick wins & 3 long-term enablers.

• A basis for action – internal or external

  Use it for self-help or to scope fractional support.

Why Teams Use It

• Clarity

  You see how engineering actually works – not how people imagine it works.

• Confidence

  Leadership can speak to investors about engineering health with credibility.

• Alignment

  Product, engineering, and business leaders get on the same page quickly.

• Direction

  Clear next steps without committing to a long programme.

How It Works

Day 1 – Discovery call & tailored questionnaire creation
Day 2 – Interviews (business, product, engineering, platform, QA)
Day 3 – Light walkthroughs of code, infrastructure, or workflows
Day 4 – Analysis, synthesis, report writing
Day 5 – Debrief, findings, recommendations and next steps

What Happens Next?

You choose your path:

• Internal ownership – act on the insights yourselves
• Fractional support – explore hands-on help if you want support implementing the findings

The review exists to help you decide what comes next – not to sell you a pre-baked solution.

Take the first step.

A small diagnostic that removes uncertainty and gives you clarity, confidence, and direction.