[HN Gopher] Planning for Unplanned Work in Linear ___________________________________________________________________ Planning for Unplanned Work in Linear Author : cristinacordova Score : 18 points Date : 2023-11-16 19:58 UTC (3 hours ago) (HTM) web link (linear.app) (TXT) w3m dump (linear.app) | yjftsjthsd-h wrote: | > Unplanned work happens unexpectedly, but it's not unexpected. | You know that there will be bug reports, you just don't know | when, where, and in what shape they will come up. The only thing | that is certain is that they will appear. | | I am tempted, half tongue-in-cheek, to suggest simply scheduling | it: 09:00-09:30 get coffee and morning standup | 09:30-11:30 work on project A 11:30-12:30 lunch | 12:30-14:00 deal with the emergency of the day | 14:00-17:00 work on project B | | And for all that that's exaggerated for humorous effect, I | actually _have_ played with scheduling blocks of time for | catching up on Slack messages, which is pretty similar really. | meheleventyone wrote: | I work with a team from PT->CET and am in UTC-0 so no joke the | first thirty minutes to an hour of my day is catching up with | the rest of what happened the previous day and what's going on | at the start of the next day. I don't need to schedule it | because thankfully my morning is usually quiet but it's common | enough I mention it in my work log. | | I don't think this is unplanned work so much as unrecognised | work. Few Gantt charts etc. keep track of that overhead like | the overhead from 'surprise' tasks. | candiddevmike wrote: | I love multi timezone teams because it forces everyone to | work asynchronous. I find those environments to be really | relaxing and flexible. | meheleventyone wrote: | To an extent, for me at least I get a great block in the | morning to early afternoon then a lot of meetings that are | mostly 1:1s with direct reports and strategy/planning | clustered around PT morning and my evening. I like that | though but it's a struggle to not be brain dead especially | with people freshly awake and full of coffee. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-11-16 23:00 UTC)