[GOAL]: Document definitions and development processes for the different types of software work and how they progress from one stage to the next
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	Jun 30 2015, 11:36 AM

Description

Define processes and tools prototypes/experiments/features

Why

Differentiating between prototypes, experiments and stable features will help
scope our different pieces of work and classify them on the pipeline where they
belong.

Improving our processes and tools will allow us to create prototypes easily,
perform multivariate testing, and stabilize features in a clearer way.

Current situation

Everything is a prototype, at some point we transform it to a beta feature and
after some time we pass it to stable often without sign off. Everything is always
in production or just on local developer's machines. The criteria for moving from
prototype to beta feature to stable aren't clear.

Objectives

Create and document definitions and development processes for the different types of work (prototype, beta feature, feature)
Create a process for process for promoting/discarding prototypes and beta features
Feature flag our different features through our properties. Enable the needed features on production. Enable experimental, incomplete or deprecated features on staging.
Document and implement how to A/B test in our platform for running experiments.

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Mentioned Here: T253629: Archive #WMF-Product-Development-Process if not an active project; decline its open tasks

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• Jhernandez created this task.Jun 30 2015, 11:36 AM

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• Jhernandez edited projects, added Reading-Web-Planning; removed Readers-Web-Backlog.Jul 2 2015, 9:22 AM

• Jhernandez moved this task from To classify to Q1 Goals on the Reading-Web-Planning board.Jul 8 2015, 11:05 AM

• Jhernandez renamed this task from Document definitions and development processes for the different types of software work and how they progress from one stage to the next to [GOAL]: Document definitions and development processes for the different types of software work and how they progress from one stage to the next.Jul 31 2015, 4:22 PM

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@pizzzacat FYI this was one of the goals we wanted to research and define, at least start talking about it and clarifying it as much as possible.

It would be great if you could keep me/us in the loop, since you told me this is in your areas of interest right now, maybe we can help!

How should we sync on all this?

Jdlrobson moved this task from Q1 Goals to Goals on the Reading-Web-Planning board.Sep 30 2015, 8:32 PM

• bd808 moved this task from Goals to To classify on the Reading-Web-Planning board.Dec 28 2015, 4:24 PM

Jdlrobson moved this task from To classify to Backlog on the Reading-Web-Planning board.May 17 2016, 6:15 PM

Danny_B added a project: Documentation.May 23 2016, 6:08 PM

I drafted this a while ago, which may be of some use.

Product should be involved in this

• Phabricator_maintenance added a project: Goal.Aug 13 2016, 8:39 PM

Jdlrobson edited projects, added Readers-Web-Backlog, Epic; removed Reading-Web-Planning.Oct 9 2017, 5:04 PM

MBinder_WMF moved this task from Completely Invisible Column 22 to Epics/Goals on the Readers-Web-Backlog board.Oct 10 2017, 8:04 PM

• srodlund moved this task from Backlog to Completed, Blocked, Wrong Category, Refinement Needed, or Older Needs Review on the Documentation board.Aug 15 2018, 12:25 AM

• Jhernandez removed a subscriber: • Jhernandez.Apr 2 2020, 6:46 PM

Aklapper added a project: WMF-Product-Development-Process.Jun 1 2020, 10:37 AM

Jdlrobson renamed this task from [GOAL]: Document definitions and development processes for the different types of software work and how they progress from one stage to the next to [GOAL]: Document definitions and development processes for the different types of software work and how they progress from one stage to the next.Jul 1 2020, 9:46 PM

Jdlrobson removed a project: Readers-Web-Backlog.

The previous comments don't explain who or what (task?) exactly this task is stalled on ("If a report is waiting for further input (e.g. from its reporter or a third party) and can currently not be acted on"). Hence resetting task status.

phuedx removed a subscriber: phuedx.Jul 27 2020, 12:46 PM

Closing this open WMF-Product-Development-Process task as that project seems dead for years (see T253629). Feel free to reopen this task either if someone will take responsibility, or if this task should remain open and (!) tagged with some other active (!) project tag. Thanks a lot!

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