Hi Dan, Yes, thank you. I trust you to adjust accordingly if the project finishes early or encounters surprise roadblocks. At some point I would be interested in seeing the task breakdown (are those on Phabricator somewhere?).
By the way, lest this email chain come across as micromanagement of Mobile Apps, I do appreciate that you and your team have a good track record of producing software that people like, and I really appreciate your transparency via the email updates that you write frequently. What was giving me sticker shock was the cost of producing this particular functionality, hence my questions. Have a nice weekend, Pine On Mar 13, 2015 6:14 PM, "Dan Garry" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 13 March 2015 at 16:46, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Let me try asking about this from a different angle. What was the >> methodology used to come to the conclusion that this project would require >> the kinds and numbers of investments that you mentioned? >> > I mapped out the required work, broke it down into sub tasks, and then > based on my experience of how long similar things have taken in the past, > estimated the required number of people that would be required to do so. I > also am always *extremely* reluctant to assign any fewer than two > engineers to a project; code review is incredibly important and without > making sure that it is accounted for in resourcing requests, projects can > go and do go absolutely nowhere. > > Bear in mind there is an element of "undercommit and overdeliver" in my > proposal; I expect that we would also be able to achieve something else in > the allocated time, but I'd rather make a commitment to something I'm > really sure we can achieve, than make a commitment to something we might be > able to achieve then not achieve it. I should note that "undercommit and > overdeliver" is a strategy endorsed by Lila! > > I should also note that I have since adjusted > <https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Wikimedia_Engineering/2014-15_Goals/Q4&diff=1440825&oldid=1440079> > the > magnitude of my ask; 1 FTE UX designer (down from 1.5) and 0.5 FTE QA > tester (down from 1). > > I'm not sure how else to answer this question without literally brain > dumping everything I wrote down into an email. Did I adequately answer you? > > Dan > > -- > Dan Garry > Associate Product Manager, Mobile Apps > Wikimedia Foundation >
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