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How to Use Weekly Activity Heatmap in GitScrum?
How to use Weekly Activity Heatmap in GitScrum?
GitScrum Weekly Activity Heatmap visualizes when your team is most active—task updates, completions, and movements by day and hour. Use this to identify peak productivity times, schedule meetings during low-activity periods, and understand team work patterns. Teams optimizing around heatmap data improve focus time by 25% [Source: Productivity Patterns Research 2024].
Understanding the heatmap:
- Access Reports - Navigate to Reports section
- Select Weekly Heatmap - View activity grid
- Read colors - Dark = high, Light = low
- Identify patterns - Peak times
- Optimize schedule - Protect focus time
- Monitor changes - Weekly review
Heatmap interpretation
| Color Intensity | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Dark | High activity |
| Medium | Moderate activity |
| Light | Low activity |
| None | No activity |
Common activity patterns
| Pattern | Indicates |
|---|---|
| Morning peaks | Early starters |
| Afternoon peaks | Post-lunch productivity |
| Evening activity | Late workers or distributed teams |
| Friday drop | End-of-week wind down |
| Monday surge | Sprint starts |
Using heatmap for scheduling
| Activity | Best Time |
|---|---|
| Focus work | Peak hours (dark) |
| Meetings | Low hours (light) |
| Standups | Before peak |
| Retrospectives | End of day/week |
| 1:1s | Transition periods |
Protecting peak hours
| Strategy | Implementation |
|---|---|
| Meeting-free blocks | Calendar blocks |
| Core hours | Define focus time |
| Async defaults | Prefer async |
| Notification quiet | Reduce interrupts |
Heatmap for distributed teams
| Insight | Action |
|---|---|
| Timezone overlaps | Visible in heatmap |
| Coverage gaps | No activity times |
| Peak variations | Different per timezone |
| Handoff times | Where activity passes |
Week-over-week analysis
| Comparison | Look For |
|---|---|
| Consistent patterns | Healthy habits |
| Shifting peaks | Team changes |
| Expanding hours | Possible burnout |
| Contracting hours | Lower engagement |
Heatmap and WIP
| Pattern | WIP Insight |
|---|---|
| Concentrated activity | Work in progress |
| Spread activity | High WIP? |
| Completion clusters | Done column updates |
Optimizing team schedules
| Optimization | Benefit |
|---|---|
| Align meetings | Preserve focus time |
| Stagger start times | Extended coverage |
| Consistent patterns | Predictability |
| Buffer time | Between activities |
Healthy vs unhealthy patterns
| Healthy | Unhealthy |
|---|---|
| Clear peak hours | 24/7 activity |
| Weekday focus | Weekend work |
| Consistent patterns | Erratic |
| Gradual transitions | Sudden changes |