Developer onboarding is the process of giving a new engineer the access, context and support they need to contribute to a codebase and team. Done well, it shortens the time from start date to useful, independent work.
The definition of done is a shared checklist of conditions every piece of work must meet before a team calls it complete. It makes "finished" mean the same thing for everyone.
A golden path is the recommended, well-supported route for doing a common engineering task, such as creating a new service or deploying it. Platform teams provide it as templates, automation and documentation that work out of the box.
Knowledge transfer is the structured handover of system understanding, decisions and operating know-how from one person or team to another. In engineering it matters most at onboarding, vendor changes, contract endings and handovers to support teams.
Staff augmentation is an engagement model where a company adds outside engineers to its own team for a set period, managing their work directly. The provider sources and employs them; the client keeps control of priorities, process and delivery.
Developer experience (DevEx) is how smoothly engineers can build, test and ship code, shaped by their tools, processes, documentation and feedback loops. Good DevEx removes friction and waiting so teams spend more of their time on product work.
Team scaling is growing or shrinking an engineering team's size and skill mix to match workload while keeping delivery speed and quality steady. It involves hiring routes, team structure and process, not headcount alone.
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