title: Evaluating developers
body: <p>I am a technical team leader of a small programming team, working on a project for an external client.</p>
  
  <p>I was recently asked to produce written evaluations of my team members. I feel uncomfortable doing this, because I don't see myself as a management person and never thought of my colleagues much deeper than "A is reliable and B is a lazy bum". </p>
  
  <p>But I am expected to produce more elaborate stuff to be read by actual managers, and my manager hinted that the purpose of this is rather to test my evaluation skills.</p>
  
  <p>Any hints or resources on how to produce a quality evaluation? Are there standardized forms? How should I address this?</p>
  
  <p>Thank you.</p>