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
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."
