[teampractices] "Roadmap" project in Phabricator

[Gilles Dubuc]

Why monthly and not quarterly? It seems like our reporting and goals are
now more focused on quarters. I would find it difficult to target delivery
of epics for specific months, and would probably keep moving the goalposts
within a given quarter.

On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 8:47 AM, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> I propose a "Roadmap" project in Phabricator. Tasks in this project would
> be typically epics with rough anticipated calendar-level delivery dates and
> clear, understandable task descriptions.
>
> Tasks would be arranged on a Phabricator workboard like so:
>
> January 2015: Features
> January 2015: Platform
> January 2015: Apps
> February 2015: Features
> February 2015: Platform
> February 2015: Apps
> etc.
>
> This could ultimately replace some of the detail in the on-wiki goals
> pages, and ensure we have a single calendar type view into expected
> deliverables. We could iteratively move our work into this new format if it
> works.
>
> If we play our cards right, we can reduce duplication and bring the
> roadmap and goalsetting "closer to the metal" so to speak.
>
> Thoughts? If we try this, any guinea pigs? Or feel free to point me to a
> much more sophisticated version of this idea :)
>
> Erik
>
>
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> Erik Möller
> VP of Product & Strategy, Wikimedia Foundation
>
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