On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 01:20:40PM -0400, Keith Moore wrote: > Suggestions: > > - limit the goals: charter most groups to only do tasks that can reasonably > be completed within a year, or 18 months at the most. allow a six month > extension when necessary, but expect that the group will *shut down* > (not be rechartered) after this period.
Yes. Setting the goals correctly is critical in an environment like the IETF. Corollary: design the goals so that participants won't feel the need for much feature creep once the working group is rolling. > - try to identify likely solutions to the fundamental problems *before* the > group is chartered I like the idea that a WG is chartered for either requirements or solutions. > - have the chair (or the AD) periodically send out the group's charter and a > status report to the mailing list, to remind people of where they are. > > - explicitly include last call and IESG review of each document in the > timetables. also include at least one document revision cycle per > document following such review.
