# How Software Engineering Teams Can Improve Performance and Engineering Excellence

DevFeed: [How Software Engineering Teams Can Improve Performance and Engineering Excellence](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/from-ok-ish-to-outstanding-how-any-team-can-become-a-high-performing-one-39966.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://mende.io/talks/from-ok-ish-to-outstanding/>)

Author: tobi@techunicorn.builders (Tobias Mende)

Published: 2025-05-21T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Tobias Mende](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tobias-mende.md>)

Topics: [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [engineering-culture](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/engineering-culture.md>), [Self-organizing Team](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/self-organizing-team.md>), [Agile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/agile.md>)

Tags: [agile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agile.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [engineering-excellence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering-excellence.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [productivity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/productivity.md>), [teams](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/teams.md>)

## AI overview

This talk examines why software engineering teams may plateau at average performance and presents practical habits, team activities, and mindset shifts intended to support higher performance, motivation, teamwork, and engineering excellence without micromanagement or pressure.

## Source excerpt

Most software engineering teams operate far below their capabilities. They perform okay, good enough, or average. But what if any team can reach higher productivity, joy, and excellence? In this session, we will discover why most teams do not use their full potential and what every one of us can do to lead our teams toward high performance and engineering excellence.