Daily Log of Tasks

The purpose of the Daily Log is to facilitate organizational learning and performance management by promoting feedback, assessment, and transparency. The Daily Log is required for people at Factor e Farm.

A Log allows others to access quick links to review work - which is highly relevant when working on a distributed team where many people provide feedback.

When people log their work - this work can be evaluated and assessed for efficiency, direction, and prioritization. Without a task log, it is not possible to evaluate and learn about what a person is doing.

Further, OSE is an organization that incubates other OSE Incubators. For organizational learning across these Incubators and other OSE Chapters, it is important to document what people are doing to clarify expectations.

For a log to be effective it should provide on a daily basis:

1. Discuss tasks done
2. Have comments on important learnings
3. Provide links to all work producticat took more than 15 minutes
4. Do this on a running basis to allow the log to serve as a monitor of progress that other team members can use to facilitate coordination on a sub-hour timescale

On a weekly basis - the Log should provide a Weekly Assessment- including Planning and Review:

1. At the beginning of the week, list your goals for the week
2. At the end of the week, assess:
   1. Did you meet your milestones?
   2. If not, why not, and how you can do better?

Further, the weekly Log serves as the basis for Monthly Planning and Review:

1. What were the major milestones reached?
2. What were the major milestones missed?
3. What did you learn this month?
4. What could you have done better?
5. What are your milestones for next month?

See sample Daily Log - Marcin Blog