Leadership Responsibilities (Programmer)

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Overview

Lead Programmer is one of the most important role in Product Development. They plays a central part in communicating with all other member and stakeholder. Because our end product is a Software Application, Lead Programmer became even more important to deliver a High Quality Product.

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This article is directed for the Leads, Associate Leads, and also the crews alike who would like to know what responsibilities a Lead have
🎯 The goal of this article

This article will provide you the responsibilities each lead have
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Key Responsibility

Lead programmer have 3 Key responsibility:

Responsibility	Description	Aspect	Capability
Decision Making	Made Decision for product after gathering enough information	Product	Problem Solving, Technical
Team Coordination	Manage, Communicate and Coordinate Team and stakeholder	Process	Communication, Management
Team Leadership	Lead, Inspire, and Grow team capability	People	Leadership

Areas of Responsibility

Lead Programmer have 5 areas of responsibilities :

Product Assessment : Analyze current product state and action needed to improve it
Process Establishment : Establish Project Standard and Pipeline
Lead Coordination : Coordinate information with Peer Member from other role
Team Supervision : Delegate work to Subordinate and ensure their well-being
Department Alignment : Align information to Tech Department and apply Agate Standard

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Area	Description	Aspect	Stakeholder	Responsibilities
Product Assessment	Analyze current Product State and action needed to improve it	Product	PM	Risk Assessment, Quality Assessment, Technology Assessment, Scope Assessment
Process Establishment	Establish Project Standard and Pipeline	Process	Peer Lead	Development Pipeline, Asset Integration Pipeline, Testing Pipeline, Bugfix Pipeline, Release Pipeline, Maintain Pipeline, Design Integration Pipeline, Tech Integration Pipeline, Support Pipeline
Peer Coordination	Coordinate Information with Peer Member from other role	Process	Peer Lead	Sprint Planning, Daily Huddle, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, Adhoc Meeting
Department Alignment	Align Information to Tech Department and apply Agate Standard	Process	Tech Dept	Tech Dept Alignment, Tech Consultation, Quality Standard, Department Program, Technology Standard
Team Supervision	Delegate work to Subordinate and ensure their Well-being	People	Programmer	Code Review

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Responsibility	Description	Area	Stakeholder	Related to Copy of Area of ~~Responsibility](Leadership~~Responsibility
Scope ~~(Programmer)%208f36e8dd02544c9a9a66fbcecd6ac5c7/Responsibility%20Items%207007e22ed0b545759594c4fe136a048b.csv)~~ Assessment	Estimate project Workload and timeline to deliver requirement	Product Assessment	PM	Product Assessment
Technology Assessment	Decide which Technology to use and provide additional options if possible	Product Assessment	PM	Product Assessment
Risk Assessment	Identify Potential Risk and how to solve or prevent it	Product Assessment	PM	Product Assessment
Quality Assessment	Identify issue in Product Quality and how to improve it	Product Assessment	PM	Product Assessment
Development Pipeline	Define how to add new Code Implementation to repository	Process Establishment	Programmer	Process Establishment
Bugfix Pipeline	Define how to Fix Issue and merge the solution to repository	Process Establishment	Programmer	Process Establishment
Tech Integration Pipeline	Define how to Integrate External Technology into the game	Process Establishment	Programmer	Process Establishment
Asset Integration Pipeline	Define how to Integrate Assets into the game, provide guideline if needed	Process Establishment	Artist	Process Establishment
Design Integration Pipeline	Define how to Integrate Design into the game, provide editor tools if needed	Process Establishment	Game Designer	Process Establishment
Testing Pipeline	Define how to Test Game Functionality and provide cheat if needed	Process Establishment	QA	Process Establishment
Release Pipeline	Define how to Release New Version and define versioning standard	Process Establishment	Producer	Process Establishment
Maintain Pipeline	Define how to Maintain Live Version while having active development	Process Establishment	Producer	Process Establishment
Support Pipeline	Define how to Resolve Customer Issue and provide support tool if needed	Process Establishment	Producer	Process Establishment
Sprint Planning	Provide Technical Perspective during planning, and Challenge decision if needed	Peer Coordination	PM	Peer Coordination
Sprint Review	Provide Technical Perspective during review and propose product improvement	Peer Coordination	PM	Peer Coordination
Sprint Retrospective	Provide Technical Perspective during retros and propose process improvement	Peer Coordination	Producer	Peer Coordination
Daily Huddle	Provide information to producer if Bottleneck happen and solve it	Peer Coordination	Producer	Peer Coordination
Adhoc Meeting	Initiate Coordination Meeting when needed	Peer Coordination	Producer	Peer Coordination
Tech Dept Alignment	Inform Tech Dept when team have Problem to solve	Department Alignment	Tech Dept	Department Alignment
Tech Consultation	Consult Tech Dept for technical Decision they made	Department Alignment	Tech Dept	Department Alignment
Quality Standard	Ensure product match Quality Standard from Tech Dept if applicable	Department Alignment	Tech Dept	Department Alignment
Technology Standard	Adopt Technology Standard from Tech Dept if possible	Department Alignment	Tech Dept	Department Alignment
Department Program	Support Department Program and help socialize it to Programmer Crew	Department Alignment	Tech Dept	Department Alignment
Task Breakdown	Breakdown requirement into Separated Task to be delegated	Team Supervision	Programmer	Team Supervision
Task Delegation	Delegate task to programmer team, so each member have Proportionate Workload	Team Supervision	Programmer	Team Supervision
Task Brief	Provide brief to programmer team, so they know the Expected Result	Team Supervision	Programmer	Team Supervision
Code Review	Review code implementation from programmer team to ensure Code Quality	Team Supervision	Programmer	Team Supervision
Performance Review	Evaluate Performance of each Programmer crew, provide feedback if needed	Team Supervision	Programmer	Team Supervision
1on1 Session	Hold 1on1 Session to ensure Crew Wellbeing	Team Supervision	Programmer	Team Supervision
Coaching Session	Hold session to help crew Grow their knowledge	Team Supervision	Programmer	Team Supervision

Leadership Capability

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