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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 950824e35ab..b9c2b3d2f8e 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -155,6 +155,28 @@ sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:env:info) ``` +### Issue weight + +Issue weight allows us to get an idea of the amount of work required to solve +one or multiple issues. This makes it possible to schedule work more accurately. + +You are encouraged to set the weight of any issue. Following the guidelines +below will make it easy to manage this, without unnecessary overhead. + +1. Set weight for any issue at the earliest possible convenience +1. If you don't agree with a set weight, discuss with other developers until +consensus is reached about the weight +1. Issue weights are an abstract measurement of complexity of the issue. Do not +relate issue weight directly to time. This is called [anchoring](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchoring) +and something you want to avoid. +1. Something that has a weight of 1 (or no weight) is really small and simple. +Something that is 9 is rewriting a large fundamental part of GitLab, +which might lead to many hard problems to solve. Changing some text in GitLab +is probably 1, adding a new Git Hook maybe 4 or 5, big features 7-9. +1. If something is very large, it should probably be split up in multiple +issues or chunks. You can simply not set the weight of a parent issue and set +weights to children issues. + ## Merge requests We welcome merge requests with fixes and improvements to GitLab code, tests, |