Forward Impact Engineering
The Problem
Engineering organizations lack shared definitions of quality. Promotions stall because managers can't point to what 'senior' means. Staffing decisions rely on gut feel. The only available metrics single out individuals. Engineers can't see what's expected of them, and coding agents follow generic practices instead of organizational standards.
The Goal
"The aim of leadership should be to improve the performance of [engineers] and [agents], to improve quality, to increase output, and simultaneously to bring pride of workmanship to people."
— W. Edwards Deming
Who Hires These Products
Engineering Leaders
Define what good engineering looks like, staff teams to succeed, and measure outcomes without blaming individuals.
| Job | Products |
|---|---|
| Define the Engineering Standard | Map |
| Staff Teams to Succeed | Summit |
| Measure Engineering Outcomes | Landmark |
Empowered Engineers
Understand expectations, find growth areas, prepare for the day ahead, and equip and trust their agent teams — grounded in their organization's agent-aligned engineering standard.
| Job | Products |
|---|---|
| See What's Expected of Humans and Agents | Pathway |
| Get Judgment Grounded in the Standard | Guide |
| Be Prepared and Productive | Outpost |
Quick Start
Install Pathway and Guide from npm, then generate installation-specific service code:
npm install @forwardimpact/pathway @forwardimpact/guide
npx fit-codegen --allBrowse your agent-aligned engineering standard:
npx fit-pathway discipline --list
npx fit-pathway job software-engineering J060Guide requires a running service stack — see the getting started guide for setup.
Learn More
- Jobs To Be Done – The jobs users hire our products for
- Documentation — Getting started, guides, reference, and architecture internals
- CONTRIBUTING.md — Pull request workflow, git conventions, and quality commands
- CLAUDE.md — Context for coding agents
License
Apache-2.0