I'm on this list, somehow :) (generally the rule seems to be, if it's
a list, I'm on it). Definitely, let's use the mediawiki.org talk page
to discuss your expectations and what WMF can help with.

Erik

On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 10:10 PM, Liam Wyatt <liamwyatt@gmail.com> wrote:
> This email (below) just got sen out by Erik Moeller. Do you think it is
> appropriate for us to contact him (and/or Fabrice - who is responsible for
> the 'multimedia' section) to ask where the GWT might sit within the WMF Tech
> plans?
> The document is specifically the WMF's own plans, not about grants, but
> there are dependencies and aspects of what we want to do with GWT (on the
> assumption that we successfully apply for a grant to fund round 2 of
> development) that interrelate to the WMFs core priorities.
>
> -Liam
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Erik Moeller <erik@wikimedia.org>
> Date: Tuesday, 10 June 2014
> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] First _draft_ goals for WMF engineering/product
> To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Mailing
> List <wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> We've got the first DRAFT (sorry for shouting, but can't hurt to
> emphasize :)) of the annual goals for the engineering/product
> department up on mediawiki.org. We're now mid-point in the process,
> and will finalize through June.
>
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/2014-15_Goals
>
> Note that at this point in the process, teams have flagged
> inter-dependencies, but they've not necessarily been taken into
> account across the board, i.e. team A may say "We depend on X from
> team B" and team B may not have sufficiently accounted for X in its
> goals. :P Identifying common themes, shared dependencies, and
> counteracting silo tendencies is the main focus of the coming weeks.
> We may also add whole new sections for cross-functional efforts not
> currently reflected (e.g. UX standardization). Site performance will
> likely get its own section as well.
>
> My own focus will be on fleshing out the overall narrative, aligning
> around organization-wide objectives, and helping to manage scope.
>
> As far as quantitative targets are concerned, we will aim to set them
> where we have solid baselines and some prior experience to work with
> (a good example is Wikipedia Zero, where we now have lots of data to
> build targets from). Otherwise, though, our goal should be to _obtain_
> metrics that we want to track and build targets from. This, in itself,
> is a goal that needs to be reflected, including expectations e.g. from
> Analytics.
>
> Like last year, these goals won't be set in stone. At least on a
> quarterly basis, we'll update them to reflect what we're learning.
> Some areas (e.g. scary new features like Flow) are more likely to be
> significantly revised than others.
>
> With this in mind: Please leave any comments/questions on the talk
> page (not here). Collectively we're smarter than on our own, so we do
> appreciate honest feedback:
>
> - What are our blind spots? Obvious, really high priority things we're
> not paying sufficient attention to?
>
> - Where are we taking on too much? Which projects/goals make no sense
> to you and require a stronger rationale, if they're to be undertaken at all?
>
> - Which projects are a Big Deal from a community perspective, or from
> an architecture perspective, and need to be carefully coordinated?
>
> These are all conversations we'll have in coming weeks, but public
> feedback is very helpful and may trigger conversations that otherwise
> wouldn't happen.
>
> Please also help to carry this conversation into the wikis in coming
> weeks. Again, this won't be the only opportunity to influence, and
> I'll be thinking more about how the quarterly review process can also
> account for community feedback.
>
> Warmly,
>
> Erik
>
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> VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation
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