Wednesday Playbook
Our Services
  • Welcome to our Playbook
  • What we do
    • Our Services
      • Catalyse - For companies looking for staff augmentation services
      • Launch - Startups and Early Stage Companies
      • Control - Fast-paced tight-deadline projects with moonshot ROI potential
      • Amplify - Scaleups and Hyper-Growth Companies
      • Do's and don'ts
      • Ceremonies
    • Our Partner Programs
      • Agency Partner Program
      • Advisor/Consultant Partner Program
      • Investor Partner Program
      • Developer Tooling Partner Program
  • Employee Handbook
    • How We Work
      • Our Values
      • Our Dream Team
      • Our Leave Policy
      • Out of Office
      • Communication
      • Security Practices
      • Hiring Philosophy
    • Employment Policies
      • Equal Opportunity Employment
      • At-Will Employment Policy
      • Code of Conduct
      • Employee Privacy
      • Compensation
      • Performance Appraisal Policy
        • Timeline for each appraisal cycle
        • Guidelines for Self, Manager, Peer & Colleague Reviews
    • Starting at Wednesday
      • Your first day
        • Onboarding Checklist
      • Becoming a permanent employee
      • Getting Paid
      • Dress Code
      • Work Hours
    • Benefits and Perks
      • Holiday List
      • Paid Time Off
      • Group Health Insurance
      • Conferences
      • Hardware & Software Licenses
  • Engineering Playbook
    • Introduction to Our Engineering Playbook
    • System Architecture & Design
      • Templates
    • Release Engineering
      • Git-flow
      • Code reviews
      • Commit Messages
      • Pull requests
      • Continuous Integration and Delivery
    • Careers in Engineering
      • Hiring Engineers
      • Career Growth
  • DESIGN PLAYBOOK
    • Introduction to Our Design Playbook
    • Who we are
      • Our Journey
    • Why Us
      • Our Values As Designers
    • Careers in Product Design
      • Hiring Designers
  • Project Management Playbook
    • Introduction to Our Project Management Playbook
    • General Guidelines
      • Checklists
        • Internal Checklist
        • Customer Onboarding Checklist
    • Our Approach
      • Agile Ceremonies
        • Sprint Planning
        • Standups
        • Retrospectives & Demos
      • Stakeholder Management
        • Documentation
      • Team Management
    • Careers in Project Management
      • Career Growth
  • Communications
    • Introduction to Our Communications Playbook
    • Content
      • Channels
      • Process
        • Articles
          • Article Structure
            • Introduction Section
            • Instruction Sections
            • Getting Started Section
            • Theory Section
            • Reference Sections
            • "Where to go from here" section
          • Choose your topic
          • Write your outline
            • Research the topic
            • Create your article outline
          • Sample project
            • Follow the four commandments
            • Create a starter project
          • First draft
            • Think of the reader as a beginnner
            • Stay in limit
            • Make it scannable
            • Explain Code
          • Polish your draft
            • Use Hemingway
            • Review as a reader
    • Brand Assets
      • Wednesday
      • The Wednesday University
      • The Wednesday Show
  • Legal Templates
    • Client Contracts
      • Fixed Cost
        • Master Services Agreement for Fixed Cost
        • Statement of Work for Fixed Cost Projects
      • Time and Material
        • Master Services Agreement for T&M
        • Statement Of Work for T&M Projects
    • Personnel Contracts
      • Internship Offer & Intent to Hire
        • Internship Offer Template
        • Annexure 1 - List of Documents for Interns
        • Acknowledgment of Receipt of Playbook for Interns
        • Letter of Intent to Hire
      • Offer cum Appointment Letter for full-time personnel
        • Offer Cum Acceptance Letter Template
        • Annexure 1 - List of Documents for Personnel
        • Acknowledgment of Receipt of Playbook for Personnel
      • Contractor Agreement
        • Contractor Agreement Template
        • Annexure A
  • Elsewhere
    • Our Products
    • The Wednesday Show
    • Wednesday University
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