10.10.05
Methods for Assignments
This is a list of the ways that we came up with at Hot Pepper to dole out assignments:
- Shared spreadsheet
- Web page
- Printed page per task
- Daily printed page
- Single task e-mail
- Multi-task/Daily e-mail
- Via calendaring app (iCal, Outlook, etc.)
- Whiteboard task list
- Shared wordprocessing doc
- Shared Outline Editor doc
The key here was to break up tasks into .5 hour minimum to 4 hr maximum elements, always include the Do date and the Due date, and the time budgeted to complete the task. Optionally each task was also given an ‘evil twin’ task of QA by another person.