Analytics/UX/Product and TPG are here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Analytics-Product-UX-TPG-Quarterly_Report_Q3_FY14-15.pdf
-Toby On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 9:53 PM, Tilman Bayer <tba...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > the quarterly reviews for the past quarter (January-March 2015) took > place last week. Minutes and slides are now available for the > following meetings: > > Community Engagement, Advancement (Fundraising and Fundraising Tech): > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Metrics_and_activities_meetings/Quarterly_reviews/Community_Engagement_and_Advancement/April_2015 > > Mobile Web, Mobile Apps, Wikipedia Zero: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Metrics_and_activities_meetings/Quarterly_reviews/Mobile_and_Wikipedia_Zero,_April_2015 > > Parsoid, Services, MediaWiki Core, Tech Ops, Release Engineering, > Multimedia, Labs, Engineering Community: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Metrics_and_activities_meetings/Quarterly_reviews/Parsoid,_Services,_MW_Core,_Ops,_RelEng,_MM,_Labs_and_ECT,_April_2015 > > Editing (covering VisualEditor), Collaboration (covering Flow), > Language Engineering: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Metrics_and_activities_meetings/Quarterly_reviews/Editing,_Collaboration_and_Language_Engineering,_April_2015 > > > As mentioned in February [1], the quarterly review process has been > extended to basically all groups in the Foundation since Lila took the > helm last year, and it was further refined this quarter, reducing the > number of meetings to six overall, each combining several areas. > Minutes and slides from the remaining two meetings should come out > soon, too. (And naturally, all the engineering team names above refer > to the structure before the reorganization that has just been > announced.) > > [1] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2015-February/076835.html > > On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 6:49 PM, Erik Moeller <e...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > > Hi folks, > > > > to increase accountability and create more opportunities for course > > corrections and resourcing adjustments as necessary, Sue's asked me > > and Howie Fung to set up a quarterly project evaluation process, > > starting with our highest priority initiatives. These are, according > > to Sue's narrowing focus recommendations which were approved by the > > Board [1]: > > > > - Visual Editor > > - Mobile (mobile contributions + Wikipedia Zero) > > - Editor Engagement (also known as the E2 and E3 teams) > > - Funds Dissemination Committe and expanded grant-making capacity > > > > I'm proposing the following initial schedule: > > > > January: > > - Editor Engagement Experiments > > > > February: > > - Visual Editor > > - Mobile (Contribs + Zero) > > > > March: > > - Editor Engagement Features (Echo, Flow projects) > > - Funds Dissemination Committee > > > > We’ll try doing this on the same day or adjacent to the monthly > > metrics meetings [2], since the team(s) will give a presentation on > > their recent progress, which will help set some context that would > > otherwise need to be covered in the quarterly review itself. This will > > also create open opportunities for feedback and questions. > > > > My goal is to do this in a manner where even though the quarterly > > review meetings themselves are internal, the outcomes are captured as > > meeting minutes and shared publicly, which is why I'm starting this > > discussion on a public list as well. I've created a wiki page here > > which we can use to discuss the concept further: > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings/Quarterly_reviews > > > > The internal review will, at minimum, include: > > > > Sue Gardner > > myself > > Howie Fung > > Team members and relevant director(s) > > Designated minute-taker > > > > So for example, for Visual Editor, the review team would be the Visual > > Editor / Parsoid teams, Sue, me, Howie, Terry, and a minute-taker. > > > > I imagine the structure of the review roughly as follows, with a > > duration of about 2 1/2 hours divided into 25-30 minute blocks: > > > > - Brief team intro and recap of team's activities through the quarter, > > compared with goals > > - Drill into goals and targets: Did we achieve what we said we would? > > - Review of challenges, blockers and successes > > - Discussion of proposed changes (e.g. resourcing, targets) and other > > action items > > - Buffer time, debriefing > > > > Once again, the primary purpose of these reviews is to create improved > > structures for internal accountability, escalation points in cases > > where serious changes are necessary, and transparency to the world. > > > > In addition to these priority initiatives, my recommendation would be > > to conduct quarterly reviews for any activity that requires more than > > a set amount of resources (people/dollars). These additional reviews > > may however be conducted in a more lightweight manner and internally > > to the departments. We’re slowly getting into that habit in > > engineering. > > > > As we pilot this process, the format of the high priority reviews can > > help inform and support reviews across the organization. > > > > Feedback and questions are appreciated. > > > > All best, > > Erik > > > > [1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Vote:Narrowing_Focus > > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings > > -- > > Erik Möller > > VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation > > > > Support Free Knowledge: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > > > > -- > Tilman Bayer > Senior Analyst > Wikimedia Foundation > IRC (Freenode): HaeB > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
