This document outlines key improvements to ThoughtWorks' onboarding process. It establishes roles like the induction facilitator, manager, sponsor, and buddy. It emphasizes engaging new hires earlier, leveraging existing tools and resources, and providing personalized coaching from day 1. The goal is to strengthen project onboarding, set clear expectations, limit wasteful activity, and create a positive experience for new employees from their first day.

1. Context Skills
Pre-joining Project
Setting Support
Feedback Loop

2. Roles in the Process

3. Induction Facilitator

4. Management Dude

5. Sponsor or Coach

6. Onboarding Buddy

7. Project Manager

8. Die-hard TWers

9. Key Improvements
(only the highlights)

10. Context Skills
Pre-joining Project
Setting Support
Feedback Loop

11. Engage from offer acceptance

12. Leverage Enterprise Social Network
ThoughtWorks

13. Context Skills
Pre-joining Project
Setting Support
Feedback Loop

14. Orientation
+ Context Setting
(which means a late Immersion is no longer necessary)

15. No form filling on Day 1

16. Management Lunch

17. Context Skills
Pre-joining Project
Setting Support
Feedback Loop

18. Use Existing Tools and Resources

19. Academy
Industrial Logic
50 Lessons
Peepcode
Estimation & Release Planning
Writing User Stories
Gemba
Communities

20. Self Directed Learning Path

21. Personalised coaching from Day 1

22. Personalised coaching from Day 1

23. Context Skills
Pre-joining Project
Setting Support
Feedback Loop

24. Strengthen project onboarding
Project Manager
Onboarding Buddy

25. “Go to person” from Day 1
iInduct

26. Clear Expectations for
ThoughtWorkers

27. Eventual Goals

28. Limit Wasteful Activity

29. Just in Time

30. Create Wow! from Day 1