Discussion: Meta focuses in 2022

In the last Meta chat of 2021, we reviewed our use of component focuses in 2021, and discussed some alternatives.

To recap briefly, in 2021 we chose a different Meta component on which to focus attention for the two weeks between biweekly [fortnightly] chats. That had mixed results; in some cases we were successful in cleaning up tickets in those components, and starting or refreshing work on various tasks. In other cases, no notable progress was made.

Some of what we learned through the process:

Components vary widely in their size, complexity, and access limitations. Focusing attention on a component