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FY 15-16 Q3 (Jan-Mar) goals

in context: Wikimedia Engineering/2015-16 Q3 Goals#Architecture
Objective Key result Dependencies ETA Status
Focus: Distributed leadership at/beyond WikiDev '16 Fruitful discussions at WikiDev '16, building sustainable engineering communities around key challenges. Emergent leadership and wide participation EOQ Incomplete Partially done Started implementing proposed process for forming working groups (T123606) None of the "central problems" in WikiDev16 followup task T124504 have catalyzed formation of a corresponding working group.
Strengthen:Improve RFC documentation Better checklists for arriving at engineering consensus (e.g. T118473) Documentation support EOQ Yes Done mw:Consensus and mw:Good meetings intended as guides for developers trying to build consensus for their ideas.
Experiment: ArchCom naming Think through our loaded naming scheme, possibly renaming bits (e.g. “Architecture Committee” and “RfC”) Consultation over naming EOQ N Not done
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