Training Team works in monthly sprints. At the end of each sprint, we ask ourselves the following questions. Below is a compilation of the responses from the team:
What worked?
- New contributors
- Thoughtful reflection on improving 6.0
- We are 99% ready to migrate Trello > GitHub (more on that later today)
- Some work toward the annual goals in addition to monthly content goals.
- I’m really pleased to see all the new faces and new contributors
- I did my first real review of a lesson. However, I need to go back and do further review because I did not realize the scope of the task.
- Loved to see new faces and contributors are joining in APAC meeting
- I really like the positive momentum the team is building. It’s hard to quantify, but something is feeling different in a very positive way.
What didn’t work?
- Ensuring all content for the month ahead is on the Sprint at the start of the month.
- Creating more content
- I need to pick a lane, stick to it, and finish a thing or two. I am juggling a BUNCH of lesson plans and I have a ton of quality content… but it’s on my computer. That helps no one. I am committing to putting quality content out there, faster, even if it is imperfect! That’s what reviews are for, right?
- When committing to sprint items, setting personally realistic dates for completion and sharing any changes to that commitment if I cannot keep those dates.
- Not sure if this belongs to this topic but since I reviewed the CSS lesson, it became apparent that we need to find a way to identify for what version /theme a lesson is. The CSS lesson would not apply to FSE themes. Thoughts?
- Would love to see a lesson plan for contributing or a beginners guide… there’s so much information I am not sure the best place to jump in
- I see 2 forms for joining the team, one on Google Forms (linked in Trello) and one on .org to contact the team – should I submit both?
What will we do differently next time?
- Ask folks to pick a date to finish tasks volunteered for (myself included) and when dates are missed, ask to recommit or turn it over for others to do.
- I like this idea. It’s daunting because of how much the world is fluctuating right now, but it also encourages more communication.