Everyone wants a top notch software engineering organization, but how do you make that happen? During my time as a software consultant, I've worked with over a dozen companies ranging from Fortune 100 companies down to startups, and the same themes keep coming up over and over again. I've boiled my experience down to a series of over 20 questions to ask your organization in order to create a great engineering organization. Don't worry, I won't just leave you with the questions, I'll also tell you why those questions matter, and how I would answer every single one of them. If you feel like your engineering organization could be performing better, you won't want to miss this talk.