Our "Time" project https://github.com/dwyl/time has been "parked"
since we started doing the "A-Team" (DWYL Agency) full-time last year.
see: https://github.com/dwyl/ateam-proposal (does anyone else see the irony in this...)
This is a huge problem because without accurate time/task tracking and associated invoicing streamlining, we are wasting lots of time on manual processes that can/should be avoided.
Things we need to address:
- ensuring all work is estimated before commencing.
- communicating with everyone; giving the team/client a much better idea of progress in the form of a time spent vs. still available chart.
- tracking work while it's being done to avoid duplication of effort and misunderstanding.
- having estimated vs actual time to reflect on and improve during sprint retrospectives
- automatically accounting for different types of time expenditure (client meetings, requirements gathering, spikes/research, bug fixing, merge conflict resolution, etc.)
- automatically producing invoices based on time spent (both the freelancer and the invoice that dwyl sends to the client)
as you can see, there are many benefits to having better time management but we are forgetting the most important one:
Focussed/disciplined approach to all work using "pomodoro" timers make everyone more productive!
Ironically, Inês does not have time to work on building the time app because she is (way) "Too Busy" doing the work of running the company!
So I propose that Sohil and I pair on building an MVP of time. Sohil will be responsible for:
- Leading/Owning the "learn-apple-watch-development" repo
with the objective/outcome:
- a mini-ebook to be Sold on Amazon. (everyone that contributes to the learning/repo will be listed as an author which will accelerate everything about your future what ever your chosen carreer!)
- Building an Apple Watch App Prototype given the required features
- Keeping Nelson "accountable" for updating the dwyl/time API and getting into a useable state.