People Leadership in Engineering

Technical communication, sprint collaboration, constructive review feedback, and professional ethics.

On the exams

How this domain is tested

The share of each exam, and what the domain covers at that level.

Technical communication, sprint collaboration, constructive review feedback, and professional ethics

Squad leadership, technical mentoring, engineering career alignment, psychological safety, team design, and stakeholder trade-offs

Engineering manager coaching, cross-functional stakeholder buy-in, and culture

Board advisory, executive recruitment, and enterprise compensation frameworks

Internal AI ethics policies, responsible disclosure, and team enablement

Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) governance and multi-cloud architectural reviews

Blameless incident culture, squad facilitation, and agile engineering coaching

Hardware/software co-development synchronization and safety compliance audits

Developer workstation enablement and internal privacy compliance education

ESG engineering reporting, team environmental awareness, and stakeholder metrics

Go deeper

TPBOK Domain Guide 5 People Leadership, free in the IICTP library.

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