progress-tracking

name	progress-tracking
description	Track learning progress, monitor milestones, identify skill gaps, analyze learning velocity, and optimize for faster skill development. Use for progress checking, gap analysis, and optimization.

Progress Tracking Skill

Master the art of monitoring your learning journey, identifying growth patterns, and optimizing for maximum velocity toward your career goals.

Quick Start

/progress dashboard      # View overall progress
/progress analysis       # Identify skill gaps
/progress velocity       # Understand learning pace
/progress optimize       # Get optimization suggestions

Core Concepts

Progress Metrics

Learning Velocity:

Measure: Skills mastered per month
Example:
- Month 1: 2 skills (ramp up)
- Month 2-4: 4 skills/month (peak)
- Month 5+: 3 skills/month (sustaining)

Average: ~3.5 skills/month

Quality Score:

Measure: Quality of work (0-100%)
Based on:
- Project quality (code reviews)
- Test coverage (>70% ideal)
- Best practices adherence
- Documentation completeness

Consistency:

Measure: Active days per week
Goal: 5-6 days/week
Benchmark:
- Sustainable: 5-6 days
- Intensive: 7 days (limited duration)
- Struggling: <3 days (assess obstacles)

Retention Rate:

Measure: Knowledge persistence
Timeline:
- Week 1: 90% (fresh)
- Week 4: 75% (good)
- Month 3: 65% (needs review)
- Month 6: 78% (consolidating)
- Year 1: 85% (long-term memory)

Milestone Tracking

BEGINNER PHASE:
✅ HTML Fundamentals
✅ CSS Mastery
✅ JavaScript Basics
✅ Git & GitHub
├─ Checkpoint: 5 simple projects

INTERMEDIATE PHASE:
⏳ JavaScript Advanced (Current)
├─ Sub-skills:
│  ├─ Async/Await (In progress)
│  ├─ Event Loop (Not started)
│  ├─ Closures & Scope (Completed)
│  └─ Error Handling (Completed)
├─ Checkpoint: 3 medium projects
└─ Est. completion: 2 weeks

ADVANCED PHASE:
🔒 React Fundamentals (Locked - prerequisites)
├─ Unlock requirement: JavaScript 70%
├─ Current JS level: 55% (15% to unlock)
├─ Est. unlock date: 2-3 weeks
└─ Time estimate: 10-14 weeks

Progress Dashboard

OVERVIEW:
├─ Current Path: Frontend Developer
├─ Overall Progress: 45% (6 months in)
├─ Learning Pace: 12 hours/week
├─ Quality Score: 82% (Strong)
└─ Consistency: 5.2 days/week ✅

SKILL LEVELS:
HTML      ████████████░░░░░░ 78% (Competent)
CSS       ██████████░░░░░░░░ 70% (Competent)
JavaScript ██████░░░░░░░░░░░░ 50% (Novice)
Git       ████████████░░░░░░░ 75% (Competent)
A11y      ████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 35% (Aware)
Testing   ██░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 15% (Unaware)

PROJECTS COMPLETED:
✅ Portfolio Website (40 hrs)
✅ Interactive Game (35 hrs)
⏳ Todo App (35% done)
📋 Queued: Weather, E-commerce

MILESTONES:
✅ HTML Fundamentals (Completed Week 3)
✅ CSS Mastery (Completed Week 6)
✅ JavaScript Essentials (Completed Week 10)
⏳ Git Proficiency (15% to unlock Week 15)
🔒 React Basics (Locked - needs JS 70%)

VELOCITY:
Current Pace: 12 hrs/week (Sustainable)
Average Pace: 11.5 hrs/week
Trend: Consistent (slight upward)
Projection: 13 months to job-ready

Skill Gap Analysis

Gap Identification Process

STEP 1: IDENTIFY TARGET
├─ Goal: Full Stack Developer
├─ Timeline: 12 months
└─ Market: High demand

STEP 2: REQUIRED SKILLS
├─ React (must be Level 4)
├─ Node.js (must be Level 4)
├─ PostgreSQL (must be Level 3)
├─ Testing (must be Level 3)
└─ DevOps (must be Level 2)

STEP 3: CURRENT LEVELS
├─ React: Level 1 (0%) - LOCKED
├─ Node.js: Level 2 (25%) - GAP
├─ PostgreSQL: Level 1 (0%) - GAP
├─ Testing: Level 1 (0%) - CRITICAL GAP
└─ DevOps: Level 1 (0%) - LARGE GAP

STEP 4: GAP ANALYSIS
Testing: 3 levels → Critical → 12-14 weeks
DevOps: 2 levels → Large → 10-12 weeks
React: Locked → 4-6 weeks to unlock → 12 weeks after
Node.js: 2-3 levels → Medium → 8-10 weeks
PostgreSQL: 2-3 levels → Medium → 6-8 weeks

STEP 5: PRIORITIZE
Priority Order:
1. Testing (blocking multiple paths)
2. React (time-sensitive, locked)
3. Node.js (medium importance)
4. PostgreSQL (medium importance)
5. DevOps (nice-to-have initially)

STEP 6: ACTION PLAN
Timeline:
├─ Months 1-2: Close Testing gap (start)
├─ Month 2-3: Unlock React prerequisites
├─ Month 3-4: React + continued Testing
├─ Month 5-6: Node.js + Database
├─ Month 7+: Integration and Projects
└─ Month 12: Job-ready

Learning Velocity Analysis

Velocity Measurement

WEEKLY HOURS:
Week 1-2:   6 hrs/week (onboarding)
Week 3-4:   10 hrs/week (building up)
Week 5-10:  14 hrs/week (peak)
Week 11-14: 12 hrs/week (sustainable)
Average:    12 hrs/week

MONTHLY SKILLS MASTERED:
Month 1: 1.5 skills (ramping)
Month 2: 3 skills (accelerating)
Month 3: 4 skills (peak)
Month 4: 3.5 skills (sustaining)
Average: 3 skills/month

PROJECTION AT CURRENT PACE:
To Frontend Ready: 13 months
To Full Stack Ready: 18 months
To Senior Ready: 36+ months

Velocity Optimization

CURRENT BOTTLENECKS:
- Limited project experience (35%)
- Inconsistent study (2 days/week offline)
- Passive learning > active practice (60/40)
- Limited code review feedback

OPTIMIZATION OPPORTUNITIES:

1. MORE HANDS-ON PROJECTS (Highest Impact)
   - Current: 1-2 projects/month
   - Target: 2-3 projects/month
   - Impact: +10% velocity
   - Effort: Shift from passive to active
   - Timeline: Immediate

2. PAIR PROGRAMMING (Medium Impact)
   - Current: No pair programming
   - Target: 2 sessions/week
   - Impact: +8% velocity (learning + retention)
   - Effort: Find peer
   - Timeline: 1-2 weeks to arrange

3. TEACH OTHERS (Medium Impact)
   - Current: No teaching
   - Target: 1 tutoring session/week
   - Impact: +12% retention
   - Effort: Join mentoring community
   - Timeline: Immediate

4. CODE REVIEWS (Medium Impact)
   - Current: No external feedback
   - Target: Weekly code review
   - Impact: +15% quality score
   - Effort: GitHub PR communities
   - Timeline: Immediate

5. INCREASE STUDY HOURS (Low Impact)
   - Current: 12 hours/week
   - Potential: 15-18 hours/week
   - Impact: +20% velocity (burnout risk)
   - Effort: Sacrifice other activities
   - Timeline: Unsustainable long-term

RECOMMENDED STRATEGY:
Focus on 1+2+3 (projects + pair + teaching)
Results in +20-30% velocity without burnout
Timeline: 13 months → 10-11 months to ready

Retention Optimization

Spaced Repetition Schedule

ACTIVE LEARNING:
├─ New skill: Review after 1 day
├─ Correct: Review after 3 days
├─ Still correct: Review after 7 days
├─ Still correct: Review after 14 days
├─ Still correct: Review after 30 days
└─ Still correct: Review after 90 days

RETENTION CURVE:
Day 1:  90% (just learned)
  ↓ Review
Week 1: 75% (need practice)
  ↓ Practice
Week 2: 70% (practicing)
  ↓ More practice + teaching
Week 4: 78% (consolidating)
  ↓ Spacing out reviews
Month 3: 82% (long-term)
Month 6: 85% (very stable)
Year 1: 88% (long-term memory)

Retention Boosters

WHAT WORKS (Ranked):
1. Teaching others (15% retention boost)
2. Building projects (12% boost)
3. Pair programming (10% boost)
4. Weekly code review (8% boost)
5. Writing about it (7% boost)
6. Spaced repetition (8% boost)

WHAT DOESN'T WORK:
❌ Passive watching (2% retention)
❌ Reading without doing (4% retention)
❌ One-time reviews (3% retention)
❌ Watching without notes (2% retention)

Consistency Tracking

Daily Tracking

Mon   ✅ 3 hours (Project building)
Tue   ✅ 2.5 hours (Course + coding)
Wed   ✅ 2 hours (Reading + notes)
Thu   ✅ 0 hours (Day off - sustainable!)
Fri   ✅ 2.5 hours (Project building)
Sat   ✅ 1 hour (Light review)
Sun   ❌ 0 hours (Rest day)

Weekly Total: 11 hours
Streak: 5 consecutive days
Pattern: Sustainable with 2 rest days

Motivation Tracking

Consistency Level:
- Motivated: 6-7 days/week
- Sustainable: 4-5 days/week
- Struggling: 2-3 days/week
- At risk: <2 days/week

If Struggling:
□ Review goals and progress
□ Take 1-2 days real break
□ Switch to enjoyable topics
□ Reduce pace temporarily
□ Find accountability partner
□ Connect to outcome (job, freedom, etc)

At Risk Actions:
□ Take week-long break (recovery)
□ Reassess learning path fit
□ Find mentor/support
□ Switch to more engaging resources
□ Consider if goal still relevant

Optimization Recommendations

IMMEDIATE (This week):
1. Add 1-2 more projects
2. Find code review buddy
3. Join study group

SHORT-TERM (This month):
1. Increase to 14-15 hours/week
2. Start weekly code reviews
3. Begin pair programming
4. Start teaching others

MEDIUM-TERM (Next 3 months):
1. Maintain optimizations
2. Consolidate skills
3. Build portfolio projects
4. Prepare for job search

ESTIMATE IMPACT:
Current trajectory: 13 months
With optimization: 10-11 months
Savings: 2-3 months (significant!)

Next Steps

1. Review your current dashboard
2. Identify your velocity
3. Find skill gaps
4. Prioritize gap closure
5. Implement velocity optimizations
6. Track progress weekly
7. Adjust based on results