Cadence
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Overview
Everything in a company happens in a certain cadence. The period of each cadence differs. The timescale between periods are about 4x, varying from 3x to 5x. Below are the cadences we have at GitLab:
Day
Week (5 workdays)
Month (4.3 weeks)
Quarter (3 months)
Year (4 quarters)
Strategy (3 years)
Vision (10 years, 3.3x)
Mission (30 years, 3x)
Year at a Glance
gantt title Year Overview dateFormat YYYY-MM-DD section Fiscal Year at a Glance FY starts :2020-02-01, 1d End of Q1 :2020-04-30, 1d End of Q2 :2020-07-31, 1d End of Q3 :2020-10-31, 1d End of Q4 :2021-01-31, 1d section Major Events SKO :2020-02-10, 5d section E Group Offsite February :2020-02-24, 4d May :2020-05-18, 4d August (date estimated) :2020-08-17, 4d November (date estimated) :2020-11-16, 4d section Board Meeting Prep led by CoS :2020-02-14, 21d March :2020-03-05, 1d Prep led by CoS :2020-05-14, 21d June (date estimated) :2020-06-05, 1d Prep led by CoS :2020-08-14, 21d September (date estimated) :2020-09-05, 1d Prep led by CoS :2020-11-14, 21d December (date estimated) :2020-12-05, 1d section Monthly Releases 12.7 :2020-01-22, 1d 12.8 :2020-02-22, 1d 12.9 :2020-03-22, 1d 12.10 :2020-04-22, 1d 12.11 :2020-05-22, 1d 13.0 :2020-06-22, 1d 13.1 :2020-07-22, 1d 13.2 :2020-08-22, 1d 13.3 :2020-09-22, 1d 13.4 :2020-10-22, 1d 13.5 :2020-11-22, 1d 13.6 :2020-12-22, 1d section OKR OKR prep :2020-03-30, 31d next FQ starts :2020-05-01, 1d OKR prep :2020-06-30, 31d next FQ starts :2020-08-01, 1d OKR prep :2020-08-30, 31d next FQ starts :2020-10-01, 1d section Sales Key Dates Q2 QBRs :2020-05-04, 4d Q3 QBRs :2020-08-04, 4d Q4 QBRs :2020-11-04, 4d Q1 QBRs :2021-02-04, 4d section Compensation Review Cycle Audit FY 2021 Annual Compensation Review :2020-02-01 Canada Benefits Implementation :2020-02-01 Job Family Alignment :2020-03-01 Compensation Philosophy Training :2020-04-01 Benefits Survey Released FY21 :2020-06-01 Benefits Survey Results FY21 Analyzed :2020-07-01 Catch-up Compensation Review Manager Review :2020-08-01 Catch-up Compensation Review :2020-09-01 Compensation Training :2020-10-01 Performance Factor Review :2020-11-01 Annual Comp Review Inputs Evaluated/Proposed to Compensation Group for FY22 :2020-12-01 section People Dates DIB Survey :2020-02-27, 14d Code of Conduct Acknowledgement :2020-03-01, 30d Engagement Survey (date estimated) :2020-04-27, 14d 360s :2020-04-30, 30d Engagement Survey(estimated) :2020-10-26, 14d
Day
Week
E-group call
Month
Quarter
Sales targets (in Clari)
Year
Most of Direction
Strategy
3 years
Most of strategy
Some of Direction
Option vesting after cliff of 1 year is passed
Average retention of team members is around 3 years, with reduced turnover (<16%). See actual reports
Vision
10 years
Time needed for category creation
Commitment of DZ
Mission
30 years
Time to realize our mission
Lifespan of the average company, 10 years to get into the S&P500, then 15 in it, and 5 of decline for a total of 30
Lifespan of Amazon "Amazon is not too big to fail…In fact, I predict one day Amazon will fail. Amazon will go bankrupt. If you look at large companies, their lifespans tend to be 30-plus years, not a hundred-plus years."
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