Thank you for this excellent write-up! I agree with CEA’s aims for 2019. As EA grows and EA organizations start to professionalize, I think I will be most impressed if 2019 is a year of doing the basics well. For example:
-Staff respond to emails within 48 hours.
-CEA invests in improving the security of personal data they hold.
-80% of public commitments are met on time; overdue commitments have a clear communications strategy.
-Hiring rounds include clear criteria and happen over a predetermined period of time.
I’m happy with your aims and I look forward to seeing what you’ll do next year!
Hi Khorton, Thanks for commenting. These are definitely important areas. Improving project management, time management and prioritisation, as well as external communication are a priority of mine for CEA at the moment. We’re working on planning projects further in advance with realistic timelines and communicating clearly about their status. We’ve been working on internal systems and training to try and improve this.
I think we made significant improvements to our hiring process this year but there’s still a lot to do. We’re currently beginning a review of the process to improve it for next year, including analysing the timeline versus our project plan in order to improve future time estimates.
Please do keep sharing feedback so that we know how we’re doing and can continue to improve.
Thank you for this excellent write-up! I agree with CEA’s aims for 2019. As EA grows and EA organizations start to professionalize, I think I will be most impressed if 2019 is a year of doing the basics well. For example:
-Staff respond to emails within 48 hours.
-CEA invests in improving the security of personal data they hold.
-80% of public commitments are met on time; overdue commitments have a clear communications strategy.
-Hiring rounds include clear criteria and happen over a predetermined period of time.
I’m happy with your aims and I look forward to seeing what you’ll do next year!
Hi Khorton,
Thanks for commenting. These are definitely important areas. Improving project management, time management and prioritisation, as well as external communication are a priority of mine for CEA at the moment. We’re working on planning projects further in advance with realistic timelines and communicating clearly about their status. We’ve been working on internal systems and training to try and improve this.
I think we made significant improvements to our hiring process this year but there’s still a lot to do. We’re currently beginning a review of the process to improve it for next year, including analysing the timeline versus our project plan in order to improve future time estimates.
Please do keep sharing feedback so that we know how we’re doing and can continue to improve.