On 30 January 2012 18:26, Patricia Pena <[email protected]> wrote: > Congrats, Howie! > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Erik Moeller <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > It’s with great pleasure that I announce the promotion of Howie Fung > > to the position of Director of Product Development at the Wikimedia > > Foundation, effective February 1. > > > > Howie joined us in October 2009 as a consultant for usability > > projects, and became a permanent staff member in May 2010. Prior to > > Wikimedia, Howie was Senior Product Manager at Rhapsody, where he > > helped grow the music site's traffic five-fold within the the first > > year on the basis of extensive customer research, including web > > analytics, focus groups, user testing, and customer surveys. Prior to > > that, Howie was Product Manager at eBay, prioritizing features based > > on business objectives, usability studies, and economic impact. He > > has an MBA from The Anderson School at UCLA and a Bachelor of Science > > in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University. > > > > I’m really proud of all the work Howie’s done for Wikimedia since he’s > > joined, calmly and rationally introducing method where there was > > madness, always challenging us to increase our understanding of our > > communities and to use our limited resources for the projects that are > > likely to have the highest impact. In addition to the work he’s done > > on the Usability Initiative, he’s worked on a variety of projects, > > including the Editor Trends Study, the Former Contributors Survey, the > > Article Feedback Tool, Moodbar, and the Feedback Dashboard. We’re > > very lucky to have him in this new role. > > > > This announcement also means that we’re formally establishing a > > Product Development department at Wikimedia, which is part of the > > larger Engineering department. Product, in our context, means really > > digging into what we want our projects to look like in a year, in two > > years, in three years, and working together with software developers > > and architects, as well as across Wikimedia, to make that vision a > > reality. Our work will be organized along the following product > > areas: Editor Engagement, Mobile, Analytics, and > > Internationalization/Localization. > > > > The following staff and contractors will be part of the Product group, > > going forward: Phil Chang, Brandon Harris, Fabrice Florin, Diederik > > van Liere, Siebrand Mazeland, Dario Taraborelli, Oliver Keyes, and the > > new Interaction Designer, when hired. > > > > The Mobile team, which works on both mobile apps (such as the > > Wikipedia Android app) and the mobile web experience, is a good > > example of how this works in practice. It has Phil as a product owner > > (reporting to Howie), Tomasz as a scrum master and engineering > > director, and Patrick, Arthur, Max, and Yuvi as engineers (reporting > > to Tomasz). The team itself is the most important unit here: it drives > > the success of any given initiative. The connection into the Product > > Development group helps to ensure we follow a consistent strategy and > > coordinate efforts across the board. [1] > > > > This is an important step in our organizational development and will > > help us parallelize and coordinate product and engineering work more > > effectively. > > > > Please join me in congratulating Howie, and WMF. :-) > > > > All best, > > > > Erik > > > > [1] In case you’d like to learn more about agile product development > > and software engineering, this presentation is a good intro to scrum, > > a specific methodology we've started to use on a couple of teams: > > > http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/presentations/30-an-overview-of-scrum > > > > > > -- > > Erik Möller > > VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation > > > > Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately > > directed to Foundation-L, the public mailing list about the Wikimedia > > Foundation and its projects. 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Congratulations Howie, and Happy Birthday<http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Wikimedians_by_birthday&diff=35118&oldid=34909> Erik! :) -- Thehelpfulone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Thehelpfulone English Wikipedia Administrator Accounts-enwiki-l Moderator _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
