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Make improvements to the VisualEditor team's processes
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Joel and I are working on a project to analyze, document, and improve the VE team's processes.

Milestones:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/VisualEditor_Team_Process

  1. Gather information by interviewing stakeholders.
  2. First draft of report, identifying strengths and challenges.
  3. Circulate report among interviewees.
  4. Priorities established
  5. Recommendations shared
  6. Process change initiated
  7. Report shared publically
  8. Process changes evaluated for value
  9. Report archived for reference

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StatusSubtypeAssignedTask
 Resolved• JAufrechtT101207 Make improvements to the VisualEditor team's processes
 Resolved• JAufrechtT101209 Publish VisualEditor process report on mediawiki.org
 Resolved• JAufrechtT101458 Finalize pre-solutions draft of report
 Resolved• JAufrechtT101459 Finish sharable draft of suggested process changes
 Resolved• JAufrechtT102262 Consolidate VE Planning efforts into one backlog
 Invalid• JAufrechtT102266 Re-groom VE's product backlog
 Resolved• JAufrechtT102309 Figure out the names of the VE tranche project and columns
 Resolved• JAufrechtT102560 Decide how to represent work bigger than tasks in Phabricator
 ResolvedJdforrester-WMFT102563 prioritize VE's product backlog
 Resolved• JAufrechtT102267 Align all VE tasks with higher-level Goals and Epics
 Resolved• JAufrechtT102268 Account for product planning in VE backlog
 ResolvedJdforrester-WMFT102269 Enable estimation and forecasting at Epic level
 Resolved• JAufrechtT102561 Move high-level plans into Phabricator
 Duplicate• JAufrechtT102311 Decide how to represent Goals, Objectives, and Key Results in Phabricator.
 Resolved• JAufrechtT102202 Figure out how to represent Goals, OKRs, and Milestones in Phab
 ResolvedJdforrester-WMFT102203 Move goals, OKRs, and Milestones into Phabricator
 Resolved• JAufrechtT102272 Create VE Product Burnup chart
 ResolvedArielGlennT103028 Automate nightly dump of Phabricator metadata
 Resolved• chasempT104920 Add edges to Phabricator task data dump transaction history
 Resolved• JAufrechtT102571 [EPIC] Clarify and maintain service levels between VE and Stakeholders
 Resolved• JAufrechtT111226 Follow up on VE SLUs after the Engineering Offsite
 Resolved• JAufrechtT120879 Run Analytics/VE SLU
 Resolved• JAufrechtT128932 [EPIC] Run Service Level Understanding exercise between VE and Research & Data
 ResolvedNoneT129115 Document SLU (Service Level Understanding ) process
 Resolved• JAufrechtT129687 Follow up on VE/DR SLU
 Resolved• JAufrechtT129689 Make it easier to surface role disagreements in SLU template
 Declined• JAufrechtT103197 Measure and document results of changes to VE team processes
 Resolved• JAufrechtT107820 Build survey for team(s) before- and after- Service Level Understandings

Event Timeline

nshahquinn-wmf created this task.Jun 3 2015, 1:13 AM
nshahquinn-wmf claimed this task.
nshahquinn-wmf raised the priority of this task from to High.
nshahquinn-wmf updated the task description. (Show Details)
nshahquinn-wmf added subscribers: Team-Practices, VisualEditor.
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nshahquinn-wmf added projects: VisualEditor, Team-Practices.Jun 3 2015, 1:13 AM
nshahquinn-wmf set Security to None.
nshahquinn-wmf removed subscribers: VisualEditor, Team-Practices.
gpaumier updated the task description. (Show Details)Jun 3 2015, 1:27 AM
nshahquinn-wmf reassigned this task from nshahquinn-wmf to • JAufrecht.Jun 3 2015, 2:11 AM
nshahquinn-wmf lowered the priority of this task from High to Medium.
nshahquinn-wmf added a subtask: T101209: Publish VisualEditor process report on mediawiki.org.
• ggellerman removed a project: Team-Practices.Jun 3 2015, 9:40 PM
• JAufrecht renamed this task from Make improvements to the VisualEditor team's processes to [EPIC] Make improvements to the VisualEditor team's processes.Jun 4 2015, 10:44 PM
• JAufrecht added a project: Epic.
• JAufrecht renamed this task from [EPIC] Make improvements to the VisualEditor team's processes to Make improvements to the VisualEditor team's processes.Jun 4 2015, 10:51 PM
• JAufrecht updated the task description. (Show Details)
• JAufrecht updated the task description. (Show Details)Jun 4 2015, 10:56 PM
nshahquinn-wmf moved this task from To Triage to Freezer on the VisualEditor board.Jun 5 2015, 12:01 AM
• JAufrecht closed subtask T101458: Finalize pre-solutions draft of report as Resolved.Jun 5 2015, 6:07 PM
nshahquinn-wmf closed subtask T101209: Publish VisualEditor process report on mediawiki.org as Resolved.Jun 6 2015, 12:18 AM
matmarex subscribed.Jun 6 2015, 12:25 AM
• JAufrecht closed subtask T101459: Finish sharable draft of suggested process changes as Resolved.Jun 11 2015, 11:54 PM
• JAufrecht added a subtask: T102262: Consolidate VE Planning efforts into one backlog.Jun 15 2015, 10:45 PM
• JAufrecht removed subtasks: T102203: Move goals, OKRs, and Milestones into Phabricator, T102202: Figure out how to represent Goals, OKRs, and Milestones in Phab.Jun 15 2015, 10:49 PM
• JAufrecht added a subtask: T102272: Create VE Product Burnup chart.
• JAufrecht closed subtask T102262: Consolidate VE Planning efforts into one backlog as Invalid.Jun 19 2015, 11:12 PM
• JAufrecht updated the task description. (Show Details)
• JAufrecht added a comment.Jun 19 2015, 11:14 PM

Closing because all work has been moved to subtasks.

• JAufrecht closed this task as Invalid.Jun 19 2015, 11:14 PM
Jdforrester-WMF changed the task status from Invalid to Resolved.Jun 22 2015, 10:18 PM
Jdforrester-WMF changed the status of subtask T102262: Consolidate VE Planning efforts into one backlog from Invalid to Resolved.
• JAufrecht closed subtask T102272: Create VE Product Burnup chart as Resolved.Jul 15 2015, 10:32 PM
Jdforrester-WMF moved this task from Freezer to TR0: Interrupt on the VisualEditor board.Jul 22 2015, 11:50 PM
Jdforrester-WMF edited a custom field.Aug 5 2015, 1:24 AM
• JAufrecht closed subtask T103197: Measure and document results of changes to VE team processes as Invalid.Feb 4 2016, 7:31 PM
• JAufrecht changed the status of subtask T103197: Measure and document results of changes to VE team processes from Invalid to Declined.
• JAufrecht closed subtask T102571: [EPIC] Clarify and maintain service levels between VE and Stakeholders as Resolved.Nov 15 2016, 11:39 PM
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