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## Limit your 12%-time to 4 hours per week over a long-term average. It's okay to spend more or less time on 12%-time per week, it doesn't have to be exactly 4 hours. Try to stick closely to four hours per week though; having you do 0-0-0-16 hours in a month would defeat goal 1 of having slack every week. As a general rule, do not go over 5 hours in a particular week. | ## Limit your 12%-time to 4 hours per week over a long-term average. It's okay to spend more or less time on 12%-time per week, it doesn't have to be exactly 4 hours. Try to stick closely to four hours per week though; having you do 0-0-0-16 hours in a month would defeat goal 1 of having slack every week. As a general rule, do not go over 5 hours in a particular week. | ||
## Do not catch-up on 'missed' 12%-time. If a week was quite busy, the work consumes the 12%-time as a buffer, as it was intended. The next week, just do 4 hours rather than 8 hours on 12%-time. | ## Do not catch-up on 'missed' 12%-time. If a week was quite busy, the work consumes the 12%-time as a buffer, as it was intended. The next week, just do 4 hours rather than 8 hours on 12%-time. | ||
## If you miss 12%-time multiple weeks in a row | ## If you miss 12%-time multiple weeks in a row, bring it up as a topic for the weekly retrospective. It indicates that the workload is not correctly distributed throughout the team. If the whole team is not getting to 12%-time multiple weeks in a row, that's a strong early indicator that we're overloaded. | ||
## Spend your 12%-time towards the end of the workweek, probably Thursday or Friday, as it becomes clear that work objectives will be delivered on time for this week. | ## Spend your 12%-time towards the end of the workweek, probably Thursday or Friday, as it becomes clear that work objectives will be delivered on time for this week. | ||
## Missing work objectives or deadlines while still working 12%-time in a particular week is a major cause for concern and should never happen. The 12%-time is a buffer, not a dedicated project. | ## Missing work objectives or deadlines while still working 12%-time in a particular week is a major cause for concern and should never happen. The 12%-time is a buffer, not a dedicated project. | ||