holman/feedback — Issue #122: Estimates, Roadmaps, Resourcing at GitHub
Author: camwest
Created: 2012-01-27 18:22:19+00:00
State: open

Hey Zach,

I loved your talk (http://zachholman.com/talk/scaling-github) and I was wondering about a few other things at GitHub. I am the co-founder of a small software shop where we build our own product as well and I'm curious how you handle a few things:

Estimates:

How do you estimate your work? Do you use issues for feature and bug planning? How do you know where you'll be in two weeks?

Roadmaps:

How do you communicate the larger goals inside the organization? Are these totally employee driven?

Resourcing:

What are the expectations on each employee? Do you enforce a 40 hour minimum? or is that a guideline?

Anyways, any insights into these areas would be greatly appreciated!

Keep up the great writing,
Cameron