KR: Add 5 new MR coaches in Development Department => 6/5
Currently there are 10 MR coaches in the Development Department.
Goal for Q3 is to increase by 50% to 15 MR coaches.
Status 2020-10-06
Goal has been discussed with managers and senior managers who are socializing the goal with their teams. We have decided to focus on identifying individuals who are already involved in community contributions but are not in the MR Coach program. By next week we hope to have identified a list of MR coach candidates for the October goal.
Status 2020-10-08
2 MR coaches were added this week. Thanks to @terrichu and @sabrams.
Status 2020-10-18
1 MR coach added this week Thanks to @mbobin.
Status 2020-10-27
3 more MR coaches added. Thanks to @matteeyah @toupeira @aturinske! Updated KR scoring to 6/5.
Retrospection
Good
- Goal was exceeded. Multiple folks in Development were already interacting with community members so it was low hanging to get them in the MR coach program.
- This KR provided an opportunity to explain how open source contributions provide GitLab with a key competitive advantage, a message members of the team seem receptive to.
- Added an easier way to track who are current MR coaches. https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/community-relations/code-contributor-program/resources/merge-request-coach-lifecycle.html#current-merge-request-coaches
Bad
- Unclear if we are (or should be) tracking MR coaches as a PI or KPI on an ongoing basis.
- More context about how MR coaches fit into our larger community strategy would be helpful to provide to the engineering team.
Try
- Set additional goals for adding MR Coaches if this is a continued priority.
- Experiment with additional "perks" MR coaches can use when interacting with the community. For example the ability to send GitLab swag to contributors.
Edited by Sam Goldstein