Dev on-call planning and execution: 2020-10
Background:
See epic &122
Instructions:
- Directors and Managers: Sign up as coordinator for the month, please assign this issue to yourself, and update the sign up sheet (link below) Coordinator column.
- Engineers: sign up slots in the scheduling spreadsheet.
- To assist assignment exercise, here are eligible engineers and their timezones.
- There is additional information regarding weekend shifts, which can be found in this shared document "Additional Notes for Weekend Shifts".
- A nice handy tool for coordinators to find available engineers quickly without going through multiple spreadsheets above (Thanks to @gonzoyumo!)
- Instructions: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/dev-on-call
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0bR0WnvdgM
- Coordinator: publish on-call schedule to the shared calendar
- Keep the tab of the month active (displayed)
- Use the menu
Sync to Calendar
on the menu bar. It takes 3~5 minutes. - Verify the calendar
On-call schedule shifts
is populated.
- Coordinator: close this issue when the month wraps up.
Action items and due dates:
-
Coordinator nomination: start around 15th of the previous month -
All slots are signed up: due by 2 days before the 1st of the month
Additional Information
- For more detail of other information, please refer to process documentation.
Edited by Craig Gomes