# Development-Organization Assessment Template

## Cover Page

- ``Project Name``
- `Development-Organization Assessment`
- `Version`1.0``

## Revision History

| Date | Version | Description | Author |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ``dd/mmm/yy``|``x.x``|`<details>`|`<name>` |

## Ownership & Collaboration

- Document Owner: Environment Engineer
- Contributor Roles: Project Manager, Configuration Manager
- Automation Inputs: Process assessment interviews, tooling audit, capability metrics
- Automation Outputs: `development-organization-assessment.md` covering sections 1–6

## 1 Introduction

> Outline purpose, scope, terminology, references, and structure of the assessment.

### 1.1 Purpose

### 1.2 Scope

### 1.3 Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations

### 1.4 References

### 1.5 Overview

## 2 Business Context

> Summarize the market and domain in which the development organization operates.

## 3 External Factors

### 3.1 Customers

### 3.2 Competitors

### 3.3 Other Stakeholders

> Capture expectations, pressures, and relationships influencing development.

## 4 Internal Factors

### 4.1 Development Process

### 4.2 Supporting Tools

### 4.3 Internal Organization

### 4.4 Competencies, Skills, and Attitudes

### 4.5 Capacity for Change

> Assess internal capabilities, tooling, structure, and readiness for transformation.

## 5 Product Characteristics

### 5.1 Size of Software-Development Effort

### 5.2 Degree of Novelty

### 5.3 Type of Application

### 5.4 Technical Complexity

> Describe product traits that influence process tailoring and resource needs.

## 6 Assessment Conclusion

> Highlight major problem areas and improvement opportunities discovered.

## Appendices (Optional)

> Include detailed surveys, metrics, or interview summaries supporting the assessment.

## Agent Notes

- Capture toolchain gaps to inform the Development Case tailoring decisions.
- Summarize recommended improvement actions with accountable roles.
- Verify the Automation Outputs entry is satisfied before signaling completion.
- Record strengths and gaps to inform process tailoring decisions.
- Summarize improvement actions with owners and target dates.