Prioritization and reporting

In general, we are very free and most people can choose what projects they work on. (Yes, there are some things we need to do and we need to find someone who can do them, even if it’s not an ideal project.)

The team leaders know all the considerations of funding and should be consulted about large-scale prioritization. What is written below is a general guide for individual considerations.

Prioritization is usually not decided by individual funding. We promise support as a team, and thus everything must be balanced.

Prioritization between project sizes

In general, everyone should save 20% time for garage support (and meetings and self-learning) as a first priority. This is needed to keep our skills up.

Then, the projects with funding take priority. They provide funding, so we should do them. (Funding may either be per-project or a “retainer” for a unit.) It may not be obvious what has funding, and funding may come later. Consult team leaders.

Then, small support (larger than garage) takes priority. We want to distribute the “free” support as widely as possible.

Then, medium-sized projects (too small to have funding, too large to be considered “support”).

Prioritization between units

Projects which have project funding take priority.

Then, anything from units which provide dedicated funding. For example, SCI provides a lot of funding, so we focus on the departments/units that provide that funding.

We are allowed to help everyone in the university after that (and we have some funding to do that). Note this isn’t strictly last, it’s just all balanced with what makes sense.