Projects

What Makes a Good Project?

Not every project you worked on belongs in your promotion packet. Focus on projects that:

Demonstrate multiple rubric criteria

Have concrete, measurable outcomes you can point to

Show the scope appropriate for your target level

Have artifacts you can reference (design docs, PRs, metrics)

Project Fields

Name & Description

Clear project name and brief description of what it accomplished

Scope

Team (your team), Org (your organization), or Cross-Org (multiple orgs or company-wide). Higher-level promotions typically need cross-org scope.

Time Period

When the project happened. Helps establish recency and duration.

Stakeholders

Key people who can vouch for your contributions. Useful for panel reference calls.

Criteria Mapping

Critical: Map each project to the rubric criteria it demonstrates. Projects with no mapped criteria are flagged as "promotion-irrelevant".

Quality Over Quantity

3-5 strong projects with solid evidence are better than 10 weak ones. Each project should have multiple pieces of evidence and clear criteria coverage.

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