[teampractices] Guideline for tasks assigned

Mon Dec 15 15:28:03 UTC 2014

+1 to actually limiting work in process

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 12:24 AM, Quim Gil <qgil at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Can we agree on this basic guideline, at least at a WMF Engineering &
> Product level?
>
> "You should have a task assigned to yourself only when you are prepared to
> work on it."
>
>
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Phabricator/Project_management#Assigning_tasks
>
>
> In times of goals, sprints, and health check surveys... keeping a sane
> list of open assigned tasks should be an important matter. The contrary
> doesn't help to anybody, even less to yourself. Starting point:
> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/assigned/
>
> Interesting data and links below.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Quim Gil <qgil at wikimedia.org>
> Date: Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 8:36 AM
> Subject: Your oldest Phabricator tasks
> To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
>
> Somehow I got into the habit of checking this Phabricator report linking
> to the oldest open task assigned to each user:
>
> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/report/?order=-oldest-all
>
> Your username probably appears in this list. If not, it's probably time to
> take a task and assign it to you. :)
>
> There are 223 users with tasks assigned, from which 132 have a task
> assigned that was created at least one year ago. At least in the upper
> section of the list, most tasks welcome a fresh look, and your help is
> welcome (starting by your own tasks). There is a convenient tooltip showing
> the title of the tasks linked.
>
> There is a complementary view of the same list, sorting users by number of
> tasks assigned.
>
> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/report/?order=-total
>
> I'm currently 20th with 24 tasks assigned, which is already unrealistic.
>
> You might want to re-check your assigned tasks for everybody's benefit and
> your own. See also
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Phabricator/Project_management#Assigning_tasks
>
> --
> Quim Gil
> Engineering Community Manager @ Wikimedia Foundation
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil
>
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