Right, so you’re asking “how many points did” someone, or something, get. That really takes me back to a situation a while ago. It wasn’t straightforward, let me tell you.
The Initial Mess
First off, nobody seemed to have a clear answer. It was for this little internal competition thing we were running. Just for fun, you know? But keeping track? What a headache. I was tasked, more like volunteered because no one else wanted to, to figure out the final scores.
So, where do you even start? I thought, okay, check the shared spreadsheet. That’s where folks were supposed to log their activities. Easy peasy. Wrong.
- Half the entries were missing.
- Some people logged things twice.
- The descriptions were vague – “did stuff” isn’t helpful for points, is it?
Digging Deeper
Alright, the spreadsheet was a bust. Plan B. I started digging through old email chains. Maybe someone mentioned their completed tasks there? Found a few, sure. But emails are scattered, people reply all, threads get messy. I spent a good chunk of time just searching inboxes, trying to piece together who did what and when.
Then I remembered there was this other tool, some project management thingy we tried for like two months before giving up. Maybe, just maybe, some tasks were logged there? Fired it up, blew off the digital dust. Found some relevant tasks, but again, incomplete. And the points system in that tool? Totally different from what we agreed on later.
Putting it Together (Sort Of)
So now I had bits and pieces from:
- A messy spreadsheet.
- Scattered emails.
- An abandoned project tool.
My next step was just pure manual labor. I created my own master list. I went entry by entry, email by email, trying to cross-reference and validate. Had to make judgment calls. “Did stuff” – okay, let’s assume that’s worth the minimum points. Double entry? Delete one. Missing entry but mentioned in an email? Add it in.
It felt less like counting points and more like being a detective working on a cold case. Took way longer than it should have.
The Outcome
In the end, I got a number. Was it perfectly accurate? Probably not. But it was the best possible number given the absolute chaos of the ‘system’ we had. I presented the scores, mumbled something about the data sources being a bit patchy, and thankfully, everyone just accepted it. They were probably just glad someone else did the dirty work.
So, “how many points did” they get? The real answer is: enough to call it done, after way too much effort chasing ghosts in the machine. It taught me one thing: if you’re gonna award points, figure out how to track them properly from the start. Don’t be like us back then.
