This sounds intriguing to me. Am I understanding this correctly that it shouldn't need to directly involve the mobile engineering team? It sounds like this could be achieved primarily with QA (Michelle/Chris), product (cc'd Howie and Maryana directly), and participants. If so, this could potentially happen in parallel with one or some of our regular engineering iterations. I suspect QA and product in particular are the most crucial for providing guidance on this.
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Quim Gil qgil@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi there,
SUMMARY
Does it make sense to organize a sprint for mobile users and developers to identify and process mobile use examples to feed our QA & automated regression tests?
If so, I can help connecting the dots and getting things done.
EXTENDED PLAY
There have been different conversations that could (theoretically) converge in a single line of events:
- One of the goals of the Wikimedia Foundation Engineering team is to
organize a "First substantive systematic outreach to potential testers" https://www.mediawiki.org/**wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/** 2012-13_Goals#Milestones_by_**quarter_17https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/2012-13_Goals#Milestones_by_quarter_17
- Testing / QA pilot with the Mobile team, an idea briefly discussed with
Michelle Grover and Tomasz Finc that I'm happy to help making it happen.
- Polishing some pages written mainly by Chris McMahon and Željko Filipin,
connecting them with an actual short term plan:
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/**QA/Strategy#Test_automationhttp://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/QA/Strategy#Test_automation
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/**Browser_testing/community_**
automated_browser_testinghttp://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Browser_testing/community_automated_browser_testing
- Creating a MediaWiki Group to help the people interested in browser QA
stick together and reach to new contributors and similar communities out there: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/**Groupshttp://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Groups
Because I'm lazy ;) I'd rather connect all these activities in one stream:
- Have a first go through the documentation until it can be digested by
mobile users and QA experts willing to help.
- Decide a mobile area to focus, a way to run the sprint and a date for
it. Define also the goals and how to measure the success of the sprint.
- Create a MediaWiki group at least with Chris, Michelle and the next
three people joining. Start listing the right resources. Let newcomers sign up.
Advertise the sprint and the group.
Keep polishing the docs as the sprint approaches and people shows up
with new questions.
Run the sprint. Have fun. Meet the goals.
Process the data generated. Distribute barnstars to contributors.
Publish a blog post summarizing the whole thing.
- Another round of polishing and completion to the docs based on the
experience accumulated. Leave everything as ready as possible to organize the next activity without needing e.g. someone like me.
How does this sound?
-- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/**User:Qgilhttp://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil
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