Re: [teampractices] Google Calendar Gadget for tracking total weekly hours
https://www.gtimereport.com/Home/Export or https://www.gcal2excel.com/ maybe. I'm mostly looking for something dynamic that I can see at a glance. I've thought about digging into the source code for gadget, might just... On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 4:45 PM, Kevin Smith wrote: > If there is a tool to dump a week's worth of my calendar into a text file, > I could write a ruby script that would give me some cool (and hopefully > valuable) insights. I haven't looked to see if such a tool is available, > but I would guess there probably is. > > > Kevin Smith > Agile Coach, Wikimedia Foundation > > > On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 4:34 PM, Joel Aufrecht > wrote: > >> I've been experimenting with several different tools to track my own time >> usage, and ... it's really really hard to do it consistently enough, and >> report on it often enough, to get any value at all out of it. >> >> >> >> *-- Joel Aufrecht* >> Team Practices Group >> Wikimedia Foundation >> >> On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 4:26 PM, Kevin Smith >> wrote: >> >>> Source code to the gadget is available, and looks pretty simple. I think >>> it would be quick to change the logic from creating a new bucket for every >>> unique title to doingsomething else. Just need to figure out what that >>> "something" is. >>> >>> Personally, I would like to have about 6 buckets. People who color-code >>> their types of meetings might want a bucket per color. It sounds like Max >>> just wants One Big Bucket(tm), which would be easiest of all. >>> >>> >>> Kevin Smith >>> Agile Coach, Wikimedia Foundation >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 2:58 PM, Max Binder >>> wrote: >>> Recently, I thought it would be nice to have a lightweight tool for showing me how many hours per week I am in meetings. I found this: https://sites.google.com/site/weeklytimecounts/ It's not exactly what I'm looking for (it calculates total hours of meetings that have the same title), but it's similar. Anyone know of a tool that integrates with Google Calendar to calculate the total number of hours one is booked? Even more handy might be a tool that shows you the same information but for other calendars to which you are subscribed (such as teammates). ___ teampractices mailing list teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices >>> >>> ___ >>> teampractices mailing list >>> teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices >>> >>> >> >> ___ >> teampractices mailing list >> teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices >> >> > > ___ > teampractices mailing list > teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices > > ___ teampractices mailing list teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices
Re: [teampractices] HBR article on annual perf evaluations that mentions Agile Manifesto
Thanks for sharing this, Grace. I had read a much shorter article a couple months ago, and it was interesting to dive in deeper. For better or worse, a lot of the companies seem to be going for a quarterly cadence, rather than annual. This factoid warmed my heart: 2012 Adobe ended annual performance reviews, in keeping with the famous “Agile Manifesto” and the notion that annual targets were irrelevant to the way its business operated. I think performance reviews do serve multiple purposes. As frustrating as they are, I wouldn't want to drop them without putting other systems in place to get the benefits. Shifting from annual to quarterly seems like a good incremental step. Thank goodness the wave of "forced rankings" seems to be behind us. That's where you have to grade everyone on a curve, and the people at the bottom, no matter how good or bad they are, must leave. If you want a sure-fire way to kill teamwork, it's perfect. Kevin Smith Agile Coach, Wikimedia Foundation On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 8:58 AM, Grace Gellerman wrote: > Interesting long read on why companies are moving away from the > traditional annual performance review: > > https://hbr.org/2016/10/the-performance-management-revolution > > The TL;DR is that the annual feedback loops are too long to be manageable > or meaningful. > > Thanks > Grace > > ___ > teampractices mailing list > teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices > > ___ teampractices mailing list teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices
Re: [teampractices] Google Calendar Gadget for tracking total weekly hours
If there is a tool to dump a week's worth of my calendar into a text file, I could write a ruby script that would give me some cool (and hopefully valuable) insights. I haven't looked to see if such a tool is available, but I would guess there probably is. Kevin Smith Agile Coach, Wikimedia Foundation On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 4:34 PM, Joel Aufrecht wrote: > I've been experimenting with several different tools to track my own time > usage, and ... it's really really hard to do it consistently enough, and > report on it often enough, to get any value at all out of it. > > > > *-- Joel Aufrecht* > Team Practices Group > Wikimedia Foundation > > On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 4:26 PM, Kevin Smith wrote: > >> Source code to the gadget is available, and looks pretty simple. I think >> it would be quick to change the logic from creating a new bucket for every >> unique title to doingsomething else. Just need to figure out what that >> "something" is. >> >> Personally, I would like to have about 6 buckets. People who color-code >> their types of meetings might want a bucket per color. It sounds like Max >> just wants One Big Bucket(tm), which would be easiest of all. >> >> >> Kevin Smith >> Agile Coach, Wikimedia Foundation >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 2:58 PM, Max Binder >> wrote: >> >>> Recently, I thought it would be nice to have a lightweight tool for >>> showing me how many hours per week I am in meetings. I found this: >>> https://sites.google.com/site/weeklytimecounts/ >>> >>> It's not exactly what I'm looking for (it calculates total hours of >>> meetings that have the same title), but it's similar. Anyone know of a tool >>> that integrates with Google Calendar to calculate the total number of hours >>> one is booked? Even more handy might be a tool that shows you the same >>> information but for other calendars to which you are subscribed (such as >>> teammates). >>> >>> ___ >>> teampractices mailing list >>> teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices >>> >>> >> >> ___ >> teampractices mailing list >> teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices >> >> > > ___ > teampractices mailing list > teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices > > ___ teampractices mailing list teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices
Re: [teampractices] Google Calendar Gadget for tracking total weekly hours
I've been experimenting with several different tools to track my own time usage, and ... it's really really hard to do it consistently enough, and report on it often enough, to get any value at all out of it. *-- Joel Aufrecht* Team Practices Group Wikimedia Foundation On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 4:26 PM, Kevin Smith wrote: > Source code to the gadget is available, and looks pretty simple. I think > it would be quick to change the logic from creating a new bucket for every > unique title to doingsomething else. Just need to figure out what that > "something" is. > > Personally, I would like to have about 6 buckets. People who color-code > their types of meetings might want a bucket per color. It sounds like Max > just wants One Big Bucket(tm), which would be easiest of all. > > > Kevin Smith > Agile Coach, Wikimedia Foundation > > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 2:58 PM, Max Binder wrote: > >> Recently, I thought it would be nice to have a lightweight tool for >> showing me how many hours per week I am in meetings. I found this: >> https://sites.google.com/site/weeklytimecounts/ >> >> It's not exactly what I'm looking for (it calculates total hours of >> meetings that have the same title), but it's similar. Anyone know of a tool >> that integrates with Google Calendar to calculate the total number of hours >> one is booked? Even more handy might be a tool that shows you the same >> information but for other calendars to which you are subscribed (such as >> teammates). >> >> ___ >> teampractices mailing list >> teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices >> >> > > ___ > teampractices mailing list > teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices > > ___ teampractices mailing list teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices
Re: [teampractices] Google Calendar Gadget for tracking total weekly hours
Source code to the gadget is available, and looks pretty simple. I think it would be quick to change the logic from creating a new bucket for every unique title to doingsomething else. Just need to figure out what that "something" is. Personally, I would like to have about 6 buckets. People who color-code their types of meetings might want a bucket per color. It sounds like Max just wants One Big Bucket(tm), which would be easiest of all. Kevin Smith Agile Coach, Wikimedia Foundation On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 2:58 PM, Max Binder wrote: > Recently, I thought it would be nice to have a lightweight tool for > showing me how many hours per week I am in meetings. I found this: > https://sites.google.com/site/weeklytimecounts/ > > It's not exactly what I'm looking for (it calculates total hours of > meetings that have the same title), but it's similar. Anyone know of a tool > that integrates with Google Calendar to calculate the total number of hours > one is booked? Even more handy might be a tool that shows you the same > information but for other calendars to which you are subscribed (such as > teammates). > > ___ > teampractices mailing list > teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices > > ___ teampractices mailing list teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices
[teampractices] HBR article on annual perf evaluations that mentions Agile Manifesto
Interesting long read on why companies are moving away from the traditional annual performance review: https://hbr.org/2016/10/the-performance-management-revolution The TL;DR is that the annual feedback loops are too long to be manageable or meaningful. Thanks Grace ___ teampractices mailing list teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices