Review Process

Everyone keeps a work log according to Work Log Guidelines. Everyone also maintains and updates a Critical Path Diagram and a planning spreadsheet of milestones and tasks according to standard waterfall project management techniques. Because all documents are cloud embeddable, linked, and live-editable, this method allows for agile project management, allowing for organizational learning while allowing for modification of a planned task backlog. Review process includes a monthly self-evaluation, with the following checklist:

Logging

• Have you kept a regular log? Comment on any irregularities or missed days.
• Have you posted all your work product in your log?
• Have you done weekly planning and review? How was that useful?

Self-Assessment

• Were your goals and role clear to you?
• What are your main accomplishments for the month? List 3-5 and include links.
• What worked for you this month?
• What didn't work, and how could it be improved?
• What are your main 3-5 milestones for next month?
• What is the major milestone that you'd like to say you accomplished after this coming month?

Open Collaboration

• How Are you using open tools, publishing all your results on an ongoing basis?
• How Are you communicating your progress via OSE social media?
• What measures are you taking to invite collaborators to work with you or with OSE?
• Who have you collaborated with this month outside of the Factor e Farm team?
• How would you assess the achievements of the other members of the core staff and other key team members?
• What other measures could you try next month to enhance the open collaboration aspects of your work?

Project Planning

• Has your Critical Path Diagram been useful? Are you meeting your Critical Path objectives?
• How has your Tasks spreadsheet helped you? What do you like about it, and what isn't working?
• How confident are you about your financial planning - how well does it/is it expected to meet reality? Is your risk assessment clear?
• Has the project been on budget? How effectively is spending being converted into mission-critical value for OSE? What costs (time, money, materials,.) can be reduced or optimized?