Team Standards for Work
Development, Infrastructure & Applications Group (DIAG) Policy
Reviewed for FY22
Introduction
This document elaborates the general framework of common, core expectations of work at Columbia in the Libraries; it describes the team's consensus standards and expectations for work within the DIAG portfolio. This document should provide clarifying detail to what generalized expectations from the organization, e.g. Quality of Work and Teamwork, mean in the specific contexts of the team and department. These standards & practices are referred to in our job descriptions as "work within team standards".
Columbia University Common Expectations
Columbia University sets out a Core Competencies framework to characterize professional expectations of all employees.
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Adaptability
Business Acumen
"using one’s understanding of major business functions, industry trends, and own organization’s position to contribute to effective strategies and/or tactics"
Collaboration
Effective Communication
Continuous Improvement
Customer Focus
Effective Decision Making
Drive for Results
Facilitation of Change
Initiative Towards Action
Innovation
Effective Planning & Organizing
Quality Orientation
Columbia Libraries Common Expectations
In addition to the Columbia University expectations for all employees, the Libraries identifies a set of core skills and professional expectations that form the basis of our professional evaluations.
Job Knowledge
Teamwork
Initiative & Innovation
Effective Communication & Interpersonal Skills
Adaptability & Flexibility
Problem Solving Skills
Focus on Patrons & Colleagues
Operational Efficiency
Quality of Work
DIAG Team Standards and Expections
Viewing the Libraries' core competencies through the lens of our portfolio establishes the team's standards for our work.
Collaborative development, including revision control and constructive code review
Cross-training and support within the team, department, and with systems administration
Automated testing and deployment where possible
Style conformance & paradigmatic/idiomatic code (object-oriented, functional, etc) appropriate to project; project documentation and work/issue tracking
Ability to diagnose and remediate performance issues, using benchmarking and tuning tools as appropriate
Ability to develop requirements and work within received project management paradigms, such as agile or waterfall