Here is a draft proposal for the process for the Search & Discovery vertical:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Search_and_Discovery/Process
Thanks to all of you for your patience in getting through this. I know
it has been frustrating at times to not have a process in place. And
not having a shared understanding of the workflow has slowed some
things down. My hope is that this proposal reflects a reasonable
consensus of the team, taking into consideration existing processes,
best practices, and preferences that team members have expressed over
the last week or so.
It is just a draft, so if you disagree with any of it, or have
suggestions for improvement, please either comment on-wiki, or in this
thread. Also, there are some parts that are under-developed, including
the interface between front and back end work, and the role of
testing.
For the "Meetings" section, I chose to postpone finalizing a couple
meetings which seemed to lack consensus. We'll have to figure those
out next week. The other meetings are based on incremental changes
from what we have been doing, rather than a radical overhaul.
Obviously they can be further refined over time, as we see what works
and what doesn't.
Hopefully we can agree to a process early next week.
Kevin Smith
Agile Coach
Wikimedia Foundation
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