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1. Scenario

"R&D Team Workhour Distribution Analysis" is an official YesDev pick — a methodology-style project template for R&D teams that need to reshuffle their skill matrix in the AI era. It provides a standardised framework: see the team's real workhour distribution, identify collapsing and surging workstreams, then reshuffle in small pilot steps. Structured components include project overview, value-stream requirements, workstream tasks, workhour summaries, weekly reports and a flow board — so the skill matrix reshuffle is driven by data instead of gut feel.

Suitable for

Project-based R&D teamsR&D teams of any sizeProject managers / R&D leads

Solves

Unclear division of labour — where team time actually goes has long been guessworkNo basis for reshuffling — nothing data-backed says where the skill matrix should shiftCollapsing workstreams get overlooked — judgement work such as review and acceptance matters more once AI makes coding cheap, yet is easily buriedSurging workstreams are not captured — new capabilities such as AI orchestration quietly grow with nobody standardising themA narrowing entry path for juniors — fewer junior roles mean a thinner talent pipelineNo process trail — changes in the division of labour before and after the reshuffle go unrecorded

2. Demo Company

Demo company
Zhitu Tech (fictional AI application provider, 28-person team)
Demo project
R&D efficiency upgrade · workhour distribution analysis

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3. Project Template

A pre-built project skeleton for R&D team workhour distribution analysis, ready to use out of the box: value-workstream requirements, workstream tasks (with workhour estimation baselines and task types), reshuffle blocker tracking, reference material, discussion, workhour summaries, weekly workhour reports, a workstream flow board and a complete skill-matrix analysis report template — covering the whole chain from seeing the current state to monthly retrospective and institutionalisation.

Project stages
  1. 1
    See the current state · pull the workhour distribution
  2. 2
    Set the direction · identify collapsing and surging workstreams
  3. 3
    Pilot reshuffle · adjust one or two workstreams
  4. 4
    Roll out · replicate across the whole team
  5. 5
    Institutionalise · monthly retrospective

4. Custom Fields

FieldType
Reshuffle priorityStatus
AI substitution levelNumber
Upgrade directionStatus
Value workstreamStatus

5. Workflow Configuration

Status
To do→Started→Done

6. Default Document Templates

Once the template is enabled, the following document structure is generated automatically (one-click creation will be available later).

  • Skill matrix reportCurrent workhour distribution / collapsing workstreams / surging workstreams / reshuffle direction and pilot selection / monthly retrospective mechanism