In a distributed team, it is easy to confuse visibility of work with the work itself. A screen tracker measures exactly what is easiest to fake: hours and keyboard activity.
By hours and messages, employee A comes out ahead. By outcome, B does: B closed more than four times as many tasks, and no colleague was left waiting on them.
Employee A
Hours in the platform
476
Messages sent
4 118
Tasks closed
17
Colleagues waiting for a response
11
Employee B
Hours in the platform
389
Messages sent
1 246
Tasks closed
73
Colleagues waiting for a response
0
Illustration, not customer data.What Sereda reads
Traces in goals, boards, chat and reviews at once
This shows what no single system can on its own. On boards, Sereda already highlights things like this.
Colleagues who are waitingHow many colleagues are stuck blocked and waiting on a person, and how many of other people's tasks that person has unblocked.On a board, this appears as the “Unblock colleagues” hint.
Work and goalsWhether a person's work is connected to company goals at all.On a board, this appears as the “OKR gap” hint.
Conversations with no movementLively discussion in chat while the task sits still.On a board, this appears as the “Discussion with no movement” hint.
Workload and blockersWhere tasks get stuck in a chain and who has been given too much.On a board, these appear as the “Blocker chain” and “Workload” hints.
This lets you evaluate a person by outcome rather than activity: how many messages they spend per closed task and how many colleagues are waiting on them.
What this gives a manager
You stop paying for activity and see real capacity
Where the quarter stallsYou can see where work is stuck, and why.
Which team can take on moreYou can see who has spare capacity.
Who you cannot afford to loseYou can see who other people's work depends on.
Questions
Does Sereda monitor the screen and keyboard?
No. Sereda measures neither hours on screen nor keyboard activity.
Where does the data come from?
From the goals, boards, chat and reviews your team already maintains in Sereda. No separate tracker is needed.
Is this data from real employees?
No. The two employees in the example are an illustration to show the difference between activity and outcome.
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