Welcome to CodeScene's Foundation Course for Engineering Managers. This course gives engineering managers the tools and insights to improve code quality, manage delivery risk, and optimise team performance using CodeScene, without needing to be a power user of the product.
Estimated duration: 3 hours
By the end of this course, you'll:
- Understand why code health is a business concern and not just a developer preference, and how it affects delivery timelines, defect rates, and maintenance costs.
- Explain how CodeScene helps organisations improve code quality, team collaboration, risk management, and strategic decision-making.
- Read and interpret Code Health metrics (Green, Yellow, and Red) and know which of the three KPIs to track as an engineering manager.
- Identify hotspots in your codebase and use Hotspot Code Health to prioritise technical debt where it has the greatest impact.
- Establish a baseline, set a realistic 3-month improvement goal, and take first steps to stabilise code health through PR integration and CodeScene's AI tooling.
- Communicate code quality trade-offs to product and leadership stakeholders using data and not gut feel.
By completing this course, you'll be ready to lead your team with a clear, measurable approach to code health, turning technical debt from a vague frustration into a prioritised plan your organisation can fund and track. Are you ready? Let's get started.
