From cb082a937fce0d6da77cb5fc1ac385b828faedab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?benjamin=20melan=C3=A7on?= Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 23:55:02 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Bring in and update roles from our internal docs --- roles.md | 134 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 127 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/roles.md b/roles.md index a201ebb..b52a1c8 100644 --- a/roles.md +++ b/roles.md @@ -2,28 +2,148 @@ ## Rotating cooperative-wide roles -In the interest of distributing types of work equitably and skill-sharing, a number of tasks rotate monthly or somewhat randomly. +In the interest of distributing types of work equitably and skill-sharing, a number of tasks ideally rotate— weekly, or monthly, or somewhat randomly. -### Standup facilitator +### Meeting facilitator -### Monday planning facilitator + * Standup facilitator (all regular meetings) + * Monday/Friday planning facilitator (can be different than facilitator in standup part). + * Worker-owner meeting facilitator -### Friday shipping facilitator - -### Worker-owner meeting facilitator +In practice standup facilitator has been Keegan 95% of the time, with Chris and Sanjay a bit more likely to pick up the planning facilitation. ### Timecop -* Checks to ensure people get their time in each day by the end of Monday planning, mid-week daily standup, and Friday shipping. Works with people individually after the meeting to +* Checks to ensure people get their time in each day by the end of Monday planning, mid-week daily standup, and Friday shipping. Works with people individually after the meeting to get the time in. + +In practice, we have not done this for a while. ### Scribe * Write one sentence about each person's main activity in a week, summarizing our activities in an accessible way in blog posts such as "The Week That Was: Agaric's March 30th to April 3rd" * As our main storyteller for the month, think about ways to weave the work we're doing every week into a narrative; if we can't fit our work into a narrative we're probably straying from our strategic goals. +Never put into practice and we really need to. + +### Trainer/Educator + +* Write informative blog posts +* Create curricula for trainings +* Submit speaking and training sessions +* Speak/training at events +* Help organize trainings, camps and conferences + +Primary: Mauricio, Chris +Secondary: Keegan, Ben + +### Infrastructure + +* Create and support working development environment for each project +* Create and support staging site for each project +* Maintain deployment workflows for each project + +Primary: Chris +Secondary: Louis, Ben + +### Leads + +* Cold calls (we have never done this) +* Future event scanner - list events of interest in advance +* Respond to requests received by contact form or email +* Write proposals +* Coordinate estimates +* Manage marketing-oriented pages on website + +## Marketing + +* Write blog posts +* Post to social media +* Coordinate sponsorship of events +* Network at events +* Take pictures and video +* Promote events we are part of + +## Contractor Relations + +* Communicate hours and progress with contractors +* Make sure contractors send invoice each month +* Make sure contractors get paid each month +* Check in on how contractors are feeling about their work and projects +* Check in with Agaric team on how things are going with contractors they work with + +Currently making no effort to rotate. + +Primary: Sanjay +Secondary: Micky + +### Team Management + +* Review planned time usage on a weekly basis (start of week, based on reports in Monday team tempo meeting) +* Make suggestions to try to ensure Agaric worker-owners combine for at least 60 billed hours a week (60x4x150=$36K/mo=clearing payroll). + * Works with project leads to find recommended tasks. +* Pairs with contractor relations for overall use of available Agaric time. +* Implement Team Tempo process + +Unfilled since Clayton left. ## Project-specific roles ### Lead +#### Client Relations + +* Hold monthly [sensing](https://gitlab.com/agaric/internal/wikis/meetings/sensing) and sprint planning/review meetings +* Send monthly ROS and project update +* Make sure payments from client are happening on time +* Update Agaric team on how a client is doing and how their projects are going in worker-owner meetings + +This role as described has not really been filled since Clayton was here. + ### Developer/Designer + +#### Design + +* Create wireframes/prototypes +* Create design mockups +* Create styleguide using HTML and SASS + +Primary: Unfilled + +#### Development + +* Use contributed and custom modules to implement functionality +* Translate styleguide into working website +* Review others' code +* Test code +* Deploy approved changes + +Primary: Ben, Mauricio, Louis +Secondary: Chris, Keegan + +### User Research + +* Define and measure project goals and key performance indicators (KPIs +* Define key user groups +* Conduct research to learn users' needs and motivations + +### Project Manager + +* Plan sprints +* Ensure issues have acceptance criteria and relevant info +* Facilitate project meetings +* Facilitate key milestones such as security updates, redesigns and launches + +## Responding to Inadequate Performance of a Role's Duties + +* Person noticing an issue address directly. If issue persists, call a meeting with the whole group to discuss a resolution/change. + +## Suggestions for role-fluidity + +* Define documentation requirements and tool usage for the role (e.g. effective use of GitLab for developers, detailed tracking in CMS tool) +* Specific email addresses for particular roles +* Document requirements of a role - hard skills, soft skills, and required resources (e.g. excellent communication, GnuCash familiarity, etc). +* "Pair-programming" approach + +```{note} +Related: Worker Owners +```