Cadence
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Cadence
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)
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
E-group call
3 years
10 years
Time needed for category creation
Commitment of DZ
30 years
Sales targets (in )
Most of
Most of
Some of
after cliff of 1 year is passed
Average retention of team members is around 3 years, with reduced (<16%). See
Time to realize
, 10 years to get into the S&P500, then 15 in it, and 5 of decline for a total of 30
"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."