Checklistomania makes it easy to keep track of relative tasks

Re:Checklistomania makes it easy to keep track of relative t... by melodykramer on Friday April 22, 2016 @01:43PM (#11550944)

We're automating what we can - i.e. accounts and stuff.

But a lot of the tasks are training related i.e. "You have to learn about this or that."

You can see the work we've put into onboarding here: https://18f.gsa.gov/2015/12/01/how-we-dramatically-improved-...

The biggest efficiency, I think, is creating a Slackbot that trickles out a lot of this information to new hires: https://18f.gsa.gov/2015/12/15/how-bot-named-dolores-landing...

We've also rolled out a handbook and classes — the checklist is basically to make sure people have seen what they need to and so they're not overwhelmed the first day. (Something like learning how to travel is something you need to learn, but maybe not until week two...)

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Re:Checklistomania makes it easy to keep track of relative t... by tedmiston on Friday April 22, 2016 @07:36PM (#11553301)

You're doing government contracting but allowed to use Slack...?

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Re:Checklistomania makes it easy to keep track of relative t... by konklone on Saturday April 23, 2016 @12:45PM (#11556259)

We're federal government employees (and are allowed to use Slack).

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Re:Checklistomania makes it easy to keep track of relative t... by tedmiston on Saturday April 23, 2016 @02:44PM (#11556810)

You don't have data confidentiality issues? Perhaps working for the Federal government directly is quite different than the DoD.

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Re:Checklistomania makes it easy to keep track of relative t... by melodykramer on Sunday April 24, 2016 @05:30PM (#11561445)

You can see our negotiated ToS here: https://slack.com/terms-of-service/government

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