Impact classes

Each piece of work has an impact class: how much it can do. The class says whose word starts the work, and whose go its change needs before it merges.

The default

.mandately/classes.yml

# Impact classes: how much a piece of work can do, and whose word it needs.
# start: whose word starts it; merge: whose go its change needs before it merges. `alone` means nobody's.
# Unsure counts one class higher.
default: C
classes:
  A: {name: irreversible or external, start: release, merge: go}
  B: {name: money, start: release, merge: go}
  C: {name: what users see, start: release, merge: go}
  D: {name: internal and reversible, start: alone, merge: alone}
  E: {name: reading and reporting, start: alone, merge: alone}
labels:                   # a board label that marks a class
  impact-a: A
  impact-b: B
  impact-c: C
  impact-d: D
  impact-e: E

class	covers	for example	to start	to merge
A	irreversible or external	a production rollout, a store submission, a post, a payment	a release	a go
B	money	a paid run beyond the subscription	a release	a go
C	what users see	a feature, copy, a design	a release	a go
D	internal and reversible	CI, docs, a refactor with tests	agents alone	agents alone
E	reading and reporting	analytics, monitoring, drafts	agents alone	agents alone

When someone is unsure of a class, the work counts one class higher.

Settings

`default`

The class of work that carries none. The default pack uses C, one class above internal work.

`classes`

One entry per class, each with:

name: what the class covers, in a few words.
start: whose word starts work in the class. alone means no one's. Otherwise name a right from people.yml: owner, release, go, ship, or a role you added there.
merge: whose go a change in the class needs before it merges, in the same words as start.

`labels`

A board label that marks a class. Work also takes its class from the board's impact field, where the board has one. A change takes the class of the issue it names.

Change it

Internal work now needs a release to start, and still merges alone:

.mandately/classes.yml

classes:
  D: {name: internal and reversible, start: release, merge: alone}

Keep the other classes as they are. You can add a class, rename one or remove one: the classes are yours.