01 . The arithmetic
The three totals
DELIVERED15
days, 18 features live
ON THE SHELF11
days, 11 features written
STILL TO BUILD156.25
days, 41 features
OF THAT, BLOCKED49%
76.75 days, 20 features
| State | Features | Days | Blocked days | Free to start |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Live | 18 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Urgent Shelf, urgent | 3 | 1 | 0.25 | 0.75 |
| Soon Shelf, soon | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Planned Shelf, planned | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Urgent Urgent | 7 | 35 | 27 | 8 |
| Soon Soon | 23 | 52 | 28.5 | 23.5 |
| Planned Planned | 11 | 69.25 | 21.25 | 48 |
| Everything | 70 | 182.25 | 77 | 105.25 |
02 . Spent
Delivered, 15 days
| Feature | State | Days | What is still open on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jake's daily numbers email | Live | 4 | Nothing. Clear to start. |
| One Foundations schedule, read by every page | Live | 2 | Nothing. Clear to start. |
| The tag encyclopedia | Live | 1 | Nothing. Clear to start. |
| Writers can reschedule a session in conflict | Live | 1 | Nothing. Clear to start. |
| Homework uploads narrowed to PDF and Final Draft | Live | 0.5 | Nothing. Clear to start. |
| Three retired classes off the site and off sale | Live | 0.5 | Nothing. Clear to start. |
| Signing panels hidden during a switched session | Live | 0.5 | Nothing. Clear to start. |
| Bonus content unlocked for the tiers that pay for it | Live | 0.5 | Nothing. Clear to start. |
| The Thursday Night Writes banner, in Jamie's words | Live | 0.5 | Nothing. Clear to start. |
| The replays notice sits in one place | Live | 0.5 | Nothing. Clear to start. |
| Three replay card copy changes, as marked up | Live | 0.5 | Nothing. Clear to start. |
| The library Sort by menu | Live | 0.5 | Nothing. Clear to start. |
| A link back to the course page from the library | Live | 0.5 | Nothing. Clear to start. |
| The Homework tab, a row per session | Live | 0.5 | Nothing. Clear to start. |
| Test accounts removed and their billing stopped | Live | 0.5 | Nothing. Clear to start. |
| A bounced contact cleared so he can be emailed | Live | 0.5 | Nothing. Clear to start. |
| The $0 aid approvals can be joined from | Live | 0.5 | Nothing. Clear to start. |
| The Special Offer card hidden and repointed | Live | 0.5 | Nothing. Clear to start. |
| Delivered | 18 features | 15 | 18 features |
03 . Written, not live
On the shelf, 11 days
| Feature | State | Days done | What it is waiting for |
|---|---|---|---|
| The podcast page, with search and filtering | Soon | 5 | Nothing. Clear to start. |
| Writers cancel themselves in two clicks | Soon | 2 | Nothing. Clear to start. |
| Who still holds class access after cancelling | Planned | 1 | Nothing. Clear to start. |
| The two upload defects | Urgent | 0.5 | Nothing. Clear to start. |
| The replays notice link, made identifiable | Soon | 0.5 | Nothing. Clear to start. |
| The greyed Replays card, the twin of a fixed tab | Soon | 0.5 | Nothing. Clear to start. |
| Homework typed on the video loads itself in | Planned | 0.5 | Nothing. Clear to start. |
| Word files back on the allowlist | Urgent | 0.25 | A decision, not a deployment. About one homework attachment in nine is a Word file. |
| Two Plus members unlocked | Urgent | 0.25 | Nothing. Clear to start. |
| Jamie's wording on the aid approval email | Planned | 0.25 | Nothing. Clear to start. |
| Nineteen em dashes out of the settings screen | Planned | 0.25 | Nothing. Clear to start. |
| On the shelf | 11 features | 11 | 0.25 days blocked, 10.75 free to start |
04 . Not started
Still to build, 156.25 days
Urgent, 7 features, 35 days
| Feature | Days | What it accomplishes | Blocked on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Referrals and gift subscriptions | 12.5 | What a referral pays, and the first partners. Jake. Phase one needs neither. | |
| Backups every eight hours | 6 | Where the off-server copy goes. Yours. It is the only part with a cost. | |
| Forms, somewhere to capture anybody | 4 | The interest form options rewritten as topics. Jamie. | |
| A pause that reaches the money | 4 | What a pause should mean. Yours. Three options, one build. | |
| Split payments without the plugin | 4 | Nothing. Clear to start. | |
| Cancellation and status emails | 4 | Nothing. Clear to start. | |
| The main offer permalink | 0.5 | Where it points first. Eyal. | |
| Urgent | 35 | 7 features | 27 days blocked, 8 free to start |
Soon, 23 features, 52 days
| Feature | Days | What it accomplishes | Blocked on |
|---|---|---|---|
| The commerce side of ProTrack | 8 | A sit down. Jamie. | |
| The save offer, shown when somebody cancels | 5 | What the offer is. Jake. | |
| Classes inside the dashboard | 5 | Nothing. Clear to start. | |
| The video analytics screen, four changes | 4 | Nothing. Clear to start. | |
| The CRM data flowing from new lead sources | 4 | The content approved. Jake. | |
| Usage tags, so a lapsing member can be found | 3 | The list of what to track. Arman. | |
| Attribution worth trusting | 3 | Nothing. Clear to start. | |
| The four operational fixes | 3 | Nothing. Clear to start. | |
| The dates still typed in everywhere else | 3 | Nothing. Clear to start. | |
| Chasing abandoned carts | 2 | How long the sequence runs. Eyal. | |
| The Masterclass page | 2 | Final copy. Jake. | |
| Renaming tags in bulk, from a spreadsheet | 1.5 | The spreadsheet. Eyal. | |
| The master tag dictionary, for Eyal | 1 | Whether date tags carry on. Eyal and Jamie. | |
| Keeping the upgrade and filter clicks | 1 | Nothing. Clear to start. | |
| Nexie's workflows | 1 | An hour with her. Nexie. | |
| 595 accounts hold replay access nothing bought | 1 | Goodwill or a hole. Yours and Jake's. | |
| The same calendar removal issued two and three times | 1 | Nothing. Clear to start. | |
| Card controls under the 44 pixel floor | 1 | Nothing. Clear to start. | |
| The library View by menu | 0.5 | Nothing. Clear to start. | |
| Zoom safe mode behind its own permission | 0.5 | Nothing. Clear to start. | |
| Telling a member why the upgrade control is missing | 0.5 | Nothing. Clear to start. | |
| Early library usage, sorted into something readable | 0.5 | Nothing. Clear to start. | |
| The daily report tier counts, reconciled | 0.5 | Nothing. Clear to start. | |
| Soon | 52 | 23 features | 28.5 days blocked, 23.5 free to start |
Planned, 11 features, 69.25 days
| Feature | Days | What it accomplishes | Blocked on |
|---|---|---|---|
| The studio dashboard, admin side | 12 | Nothing. Clear to start. | |
| Cutting the admin down per role | 12 | Nothing. Clear to start. | |
| The site wide code cleanup | 9 | Nothing. Clear to start. | |
| Everything editable becomes a field | 8 | Nothing. Clear to start. | |
| The brand redesign, our side of it | 8 | How far the redesign reaches. Mikaela and Jake. Nobody has seen it. | |
| Packages and bundles | 6 | The product list settled. Jake and Jamie. | |
| Home page redesign | 5 | Nothing. Clear to start. | |
| The ProTrack landing page | 4 | Brand direction, and sell or book the call. Jake. | |
| A core curriculum, a start here path | 3 | The list and its order. Jacob. | |
| Landing pages and routing for the paid tests | 2 | Nothing. Clear to start. | |
| A replacement graphic for the Foundations button | 0.25 | The graphic. Mikaela. Not ours. | |
| Planned | 69.25 | 11 features | 21.25 days blocked, 48 free to start |
The three tables, added up
41 features, 156.25 days, of which 76.75 are blocked on an answer and 79.5 are free to start today.
05 . Who holds the keys
Who the blocked days wait on
| Waiting on | Days | Share | What they are holding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jake | 36.5 | 48% | Referrals and gift subscriptions (12.5), The save offer, shown when somebody cancels (5), The CRM data flowing from new lead sources (4), The Masterclass page (2), 595 accounts hold replay access nothing bought (1), The brand redesign, our side of it (8), The ProTrack landing page (4) |
| Jamie | 19 | 25% | Forms, somewhere to capture anybody (4), The commerce side of ProTrack (8), The master tag dictionary, for Eyal (1), Packages and bundles (6) |
| You | 10 | 13% | Backups every eight hours (6), A pause that reaches the money (4) |
| Eyal | 4 | 5% | The main offer permalink (0.5), Chasing abandoned carts (2), Renaming tags in bulk, from a spreadsheet (1.5) |
| Arman | 3 | 4% | Usage tags, so a lapsing member can be found (3) |
| Jacob | 3 | 4% | A core curriculum, a start here path (3) |
| Nexie | 1 | 1% | Nexie's workflows (1) |
| Mikaela | 0.25 | 0% | A replacement graphic for the Foundations button (0.25) |
| Blocked on somebody | 76.75 | 100% | 8 people, 49 percent of what is left to build. |
06 . How much to trust
How firm each number is
| How firm | Days | Share | What is in it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firm, within a day | 13 | 8% | Cancellation and status emails, The main offer permalink, The four operational fixes, The dates still typed in everywhere else, The master tag dictionary, for Eyal, Keeping the upgrade and filter clicks, The library View by menu |
| Reasonable, within two or three days | 113.75 | 73% | Referrals and gift subscriptions, Backups every eight hours, Forms, somewhere to capture anybody, A pause that reaches the money, Split payments without the plugin, The commerce side of ProTrack, The save offer, shown when somebody cancels, Classes inside the dashboard, The video analytics screen, four changes, The CRM data flowing from new lead sources, Attribution worth trusting, Chasing abandoned carts, The Masterclass page, Nexie's workflows, Cutting the admin down per role, The site wide code cleanup, Everything editable becomes a field, Packages and bundles, Home page redesign, The ProTrack landing page, A core curriculum, a start here path, Landing pages and routing for the paid tests, A replacement graphic for the Foundations button |
| A genuine guess, flagged as one on the source page | 20 | 13% | The studio dashboard, admin side, The brand redesign, our side of it |
| My own estimate, new work with no prior number | 9.5 | 6% | Usage tags, so a lapsing member can be found, Renaming tags in bulk, from a spreadsheet, 595 accounts hold replay access nothing bought, The same calendar removal issued two and three times, Card controls under the 44 pixel floor, Zoom safe mode behind its own permission, Telling a member why the upgrade control is missing, Early library usage, sorted into something readable, The daily report tier counts, reconciled |
| Still to build | 156.25 | 100% | 29.5 of it, 19 percent, rests on a number nobody should quote. |
07 . A recommendation
If it were ordered
| Window | What | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Before anything | The two upload defects, Word files back on the allowlist, Two Plus members unlocked | 1 |
| This week | The main offer permalink, Chasing abandoned carts, The master tag dictionary, for Eyal | 3.5 |
| Mid October | Backups every eight hours, The site wide code cleanup | 15 |
| Late October | Referrals and gift subscriptions, The video analytics screen, four changes | 16.5 |
| November | Forms, somewhere to capture anybody, A pause that reaches the money, Split payments without the plugin, Cancellation and status emails, The save offer, shown when somebody cancels, Classes inside the dashboard | 26 |
| December | Attribution worth trusting, The studio dashboard, admin side, Cutting the admin down per role | 27 |
| January | The commerce side of ProTrack, The brand redesign, our side of it, Packages and bundles, Home page redesign, The ProTrack landing page | 31 |
| Placed | 119 of the 156.25 still to build | 120 |
The 37.25 days not placed, and why not
The CRM data flowing from new lead sources (4), Usage tags, so a lapsing member can be found (3), The four operational fixes (3), The dates still typed in everywhere else (3), The Masterclass page (2), Renaming tags in bulk, from a spreadsheet (1.5), Keeping the upgrade and filter clicks (1), Nexie's workflows (1), 595 accounts hold replay access nothing bought (1), The same calendar removal issued two and three times (1), Card controls under the 44 pixel floor (1), The library View by menu (0.5), Zoom safe mode behind its own permission (0.5), Telling a member why the upgrade control is missing (0.5), Early library usage, sorted into something readable (0.5), The daily report tier counts, reconciled (0.5), Everything editable becomes a field (8), A core curriculum, a start here path (3), Landing pages and routing for the paid tests (2), A replacement graphic for the Foundations button (0.25).
The one number
Half of what is left is not waiting on work
76.75
of 156.25 days blocked on an answer