Hi All,
I'm writing to let you know that the deadline to comment has been extended to the 16th of November. You'll see there is some discussion happening already on the talk page https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Proposal_for_a_Technical_Decision_Making_Process
I'm particularly interested in hearing from folks outside of the Wikimedia Foundation.
- Do you have questions or comments on the representation of the technical community by independent +2s? - Have you previously engaged in the TechCom process? Does this evolution better support your needs? - Does this seem relevant to the areas of our technology you build? - Any specific areas I can further clarify?
Thanks,
-Kate
On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 4:11 PM Kate Chapman kchapman@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi All,
Over the past months I've been looking at how we make technical decisions. Wikimedia has significantly grown as a technical movement over the years and similar to how we scaled our technical systems we need to scale our human systems. I've proposed an evolution of the existing TechCom process. This is based on the past couple years that I've been involved in the facilitation of TechCom and research into decision making frameworks. I'm looking for your feedback over the next three weeks (until 5 November) to help me improve the proposed process.
Key objectives of this evolved process is:
- Make the process more inclusive by shifting to representation by teams/groups instead of individuals
- Have clear timelines for when a decision will be made
- Being clear upfront about what stakeholders will be engaged
- Developing a clear lifecycle of a decision
This plan also introduces:
- Technical Decision Forum which will be composed of representatives of teams from Product and Tech, WMDE and independent +2 contributors.
- Templates for decision statement overviews and decision records
Please see the draft process here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Proposal_for_a_Technical_Decision_Making_Process
If you have questions or further feedback please use the talk page: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Proposal_for_a_Technical_Decision_Making_Process
Thanks,
-Kate
Kate Chapman (she/her/hers) Director of Architecture, Architecture Team Wikimedia Foundation kchapman@wikimedia.org