• Reverse ordering
• Initial entry

Project journal ground rules:

• In this case the entries will be structured first by month, then by date and finally by contributor.
• You decide what kind of information you should publish.
• Assuming that it is public, add what you think is :
  • Relevant to you.
  • Relevant to your peers.
  • Relevant to those you interact with like, managers, other teams, Members, etc.
• The latest entries should be on top (ascending order).
• Be concise.
• Use links to tasks, commits, web pages, etc. as much as you can. This is not about duplicating the information but about providing context.
• Read the journal every day (ideally). Does it reflect the most relevant work you have done today?
• As guidance, include an entry every couple of hours of work and every time you accomplished something or a relevant event has taking place.
• Assume that your colleagues read the journal regularly. Add information of potential interest for them but remember that the main focus of the journal is the answer to the question: what am I doing? Write for yourself first.
• Agree with your colleagues on the tags to be used to provide further context to entries. Examples:
  • Escalations: Green to solved or stalled issues, Amber for topics that require attention and Red for critical issues.
  • User ID to call the attention of a colleague.
  • #milestone to structure the information based on delivery timeline.
• Activity reports should be extracted from the journal so, ideally, no need to ping colleagues to create a report should be required. This is a sign of the correct usage of the journal.
• Standup meetings should not be any more about what I did (reporting) but about discussions. The time that a distributed team gets together is precious, do not waste it talking about something you can read ahead of the meeting.
• Do not add anything that you would not like others to know. Use common sense.
  • The journal is not designed to substitute 1:1's, private reporting nor conversations.

— Agustin Benito Bethencourt 2017/08/24