Productivity Initiative

Personal Productivity Checklist:

1. Traceable:

• Task is planned and recorded in the Trilinos GitHub issues database.
• Task is traceable back to core requirements.
• Stretch: There are specification and design artifacts for this task.

2. In Progress:

• In the context of a Kanban workflow [Minibook][YouTube], this task is the most effective use of my time.
• This task is listed in the “In Progress” column of the Trilinos Kanban board.
• My “In Progress” queue size is within personal or small group limit.
• Stretch: Backlog has been recently scanned and groomed.

3. Sustainable:

• Output is high quality work, usable until the end of its expected life.
• Testing is sufficient for confident refactoring in the future.
• Stretch: Code, including test suite and associated documentation, is good enough for someone else to support after I move on to other work.

4. Improved:

• The quality of my work better than six months ago:
  • Learned new skills.
  • Read literature, took on-demand or in-person training courses.

Helpful Links:

Kanban and Scrum -- Making the Most of Both, by Henrik Kniberg and Mattias Skarin