Community Relations/Goals

These are the Technical Collaboration team quarterly goals. Team members also have individual quarterly goals, which are listed in the related Phabricator tasks. To learn how we plan our quarterly goals, see Technical Collaboration/Planning#Quarterly goals.

Q3 January - March 2018

Tracked in Phabricator:
Task T184080

See phab:T184080

Q2 October - December 2017

Tracked in Phabricator:
Task T175000

See phab:T175000

Q1 July - September 2017

Tracked in Phabricator:
Task T169739

See phab:T169739

Q4 April - June 2017

Tracked in Phabricator:
Task T163441

See phab:T163441

Q3 January - March 2017

Tracked in Phabricator:
Task T150658

Slides and minutes of the quarterly check-in meeting hosted on April 17th.

Q2 October - December 2016

Tracked in Phabricator:
Task T142355

Goal	Measurement of success	ETA	Dependency	Status
Help to define next steps concerning Flow development, based on the Flow Satisfaction Survey	Publication of the Flow Satisfaction Survey results including an analysis and raw data Support to the Collaboration team discussing and publishing next steps concerning Flow development.	EoQ	Collaboration	Ongoing
Identify features promoting contributions from mobile readers that would be welcomed by experienced editors to diversify reach	Community consultation targeting experienced editors, about welcomed features that would allow mobile apps users to start contributing. Publication of the conclusions and results of the consultation, informing the plans of the Mobile Apps team to implement new experimental features in the Wikipedia app for Android.	EoQ	Mobile Apps	Ongoing
First review of the Technical Collaboration Guidance by Foundation Product teams and most active technical volunteers	Call for review of the Technical Collaboration Guidance materials available as of October 1, inviting all Foundation Product teams and at least 50 volunteers very active in product development discussions relating to a variety Wikimedia projects and software products. Discussion and integration of the feedback received. Pilot the TCG with a product/product team/community liaison	EoQ	Product	Ongoing
Improve the representation of Wikimedia communities beyond English Wikipedia in the Community Wishlist Survey 2016	Achieve higher participation than last year in the definition of proposals and their voting on the Community Wishlist Survey. Achieve better coverage of communities beyond the Wikipedias.	EoQ	Community Tech	Done
Prepare a program for Wikimedia Developer Summit 2017 to effectively address current high level movement needs	Craft a Summit program that reflects key topics and areas expected to impact the Wikimedia Strategy and the Community Wishlist 2017. Curate registration of the event to reflect representative participation of Foundation's Technology and Product decision-makers (lead engineers, product managers, budget owners) as well as volunteers involved in the main topics scheduled.	EoQ	Wikimedia Developer Summit organization team, Technology, Product, Finance, Travel	Done

Q1 July - September 2016

Tracked in Phabricator:
Task T131915

Goal	Measurement of success	ETA	Dependency	Status
Cleanup of community-related documentation on Office wiki (Annual Plan - CE - Program 7)	Update “how tos” template and pages linked therefrom Document structure of CE Cleanup CE pages to make resources more useful	EoQ	Support and Safety (contributing writers)	Done
Technical Collaboration Guidance on project information (Annual Plan - CE - Program 7 - Goal 2)	T137826: Recommendations for announcing new project proposals T120070: Recommendation for projects requesting prioritization or resources T137825: Recommendations for publishing project updates	EoQ	Product management (for initial feedback)	Done
Work with communities to learn how inter-wiki search might work (Annual Plan - CE - Program 7 - Goal 1)	Call for feedback sent to targeted communities. Volunteers contribute ideas, get involved, and help improving the plan. Based on the experience, feedback for the Technical Collaboration Guidance is provided.	EoQ	Discovery team (involving community liaison in the project)	Done
Hire a Developer Advocate for the Technical Collaboration team (Annual Plan - CE - Program 8)	Publish a Developer Advocate job opening consistent with annual plan. Promote the job opening to audiences consistent with TC and WMF strategy. Process candidates, select one, and send them a job offer.	EoQ	Talent & Culture (handling the job opening, promoting it, screening candidates)	Done

Q4 April - June 2016

Tracked in Phabricator:
Task T128448

Goal	Measurement of Success	ETA	Dependency	Status
Communication workflows between WMF Product teams and Wikimedia communities	Product page template reflecting PDP status and history. Agreement on when and how Product teams communicate. Agreement on when and how communities provide feedback. Plan to expand communication with tech ambassadors and translators.	6/30	Product, community consensus.	Complete
Technical Collaboration participation in Wikimania	Hackathon focusing on Community Wishlist and newcomers. Hackathon showcase promoted to non-technical audiences. Well-prepared presentations bring feedback to Technical Collaboration Guidance. Contribution to informative Community Engagement presence in Community Village.	6/30	Wikimania organization (Hackathon), PC&L (CE stand).	Complete
A plan for the top ten Community Wishlist tasks driven by volunteers	Selection of 10 most voted suitable tasks. Technical and social feasibility assessment for each task. Recommendations for next steps vetted by developers. Plan for recruiting volunteer developers for each task.	6/30	Community Tech, related develop mentors / maintainers.	Ongoing
Experiment with “user interaction” Consultation	Gather proposals from readers and editors around how to make Wikipedia more interactive, using a new interface. Document gathered solutions, lessons learned, and next steps.	6/30	Reading, community consensus.	Complete

January - March 2016

Tracked in Phabricator:
Task T119387

Goal	Measurement of Success	ETA	Dependency	Status
Clarify community engagement in WMF product development process	Documented steps for engaging with communities in product stages Proposal for product prioritization which includes communities	3/31	Product, Community participation	Ongoing
Connect the Community Wishlist and other tech priorities with the 2016 Hackathon	The majority of participants in Jerusalem plan to work on Community Wishlist tasks. The Community Wishlist is an important factor in developer engagement and travel sponsorship decisions.	3/31	Community Tech, Wikimedia Hackathon 2016 organizers	Ongoing
Agree on and how to implement actions to prioritize code review of patches submitted by volunteers	Consensus among stakeholders about process changes to be implemented	3/31	WMF Engineering teams, Volunteer Developers	Ongoing
Improved engagement between product teams and communities	Casual roundtables between product teams & communities IRC office hours with vertical leads Integration of community into UX conversations in Reading	3/31	Product team leads, Community participation	Ongoing
Technical Collaboration Annual Plan	First iteration of a CE-S strategy is completed and publicly documented. Requests for FY 2016-17 are reflected in WMF Annual Plan.	3/31	--	Ongoing