First public release of the GROW Framework — an engineering competency & growth evaluation framework covering junior → team lead progression.
What's inside
- Multi-evaluator scoring — subject, direct Team Lead, HR, and an optional cross-team Overseer each assess independently before any discussion. The gap between perspectives is the input to the feedback conversation.
- 8 evaluation categories across project work, competencies, skills, and attitude — each with level-specific criteria.
- 4 levels (Junior → Mid → Senior → Expert/Architect), tagged by direction of impact.
- Dual-threshold gate — above 50% in every category AND ≥70% overall to qualify for a level.
- YES / PARTIAL / NO / N/A marking, where N/A is excluded from the score so nobody is penalised for things outside their context.
Get started
Download GROW-evaluation-framework.xlsx below and read the README for the full method.
Contributing
Run it, adapt it, and send back what didn't fit — see CONTRIBUTING.md. Issues, PRs, and translations welcome.
License
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Credit line:
GROW Framework — by Szymon Dudziak, Katarzyna Lasoń, Adam Biegański. CC BY 4.0.