WikiLearn - Introduction to Partnership Building (computer-graded exercises) - video: Stabilizing a partnership

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subtitle-680-10080-1	"So we were going to say a few words about sustaining and refining"
subtitle-10080-13550-2	"partnerships and then a few words about ending a partnership."
subtitle-13560-17040-3	"And then we will spend some time talking about the final project."
subtitle-22310-27320-4	"There are several decision-making points about partnerships."
subtitle-27320-33410-5	"And again, they come at the end of some cycle or project or fiscal year, and you've"
subtitle-33410-37880-6	"done your evaluation, and you need to have a decision about the partnership, the"
subtitle-37880-39590-7	"partnership that is already going on."
subtitle-39860-46220-8	"Should you scale up the partnership because it's proven and it's successful and you"
subtitle-46220-47420-9	"should expand it?"
subtitle-48340-53560-10	"Should you change things that aren't working, so that you are better achieving"
subtitle-53560-59890-11	"your outcomes, in a repetition, in another iteration, meaning continue to do the"
subtitle-59890-62740-12	"activities of the partnership but with modifications?"
subtitle-64690-68260-13	"In other words, you improve or try to stabilize the partnership."
subtitle-68860-72640-14	"Or maybe we should give up on the whole theory of change?"
subtitle-72640-74480-15	"This just isn't working."
subtitle-74500-80380-16	"Our assumptions are incorrect, and what we thought could be achieved doesn't seem to be"
subtitle-80380-83560-17	"possible. So we should stop investing in it."
subtitle-83560-91360-18	"Stop wasting effort and time and inputs and "sunset", as they say, or basically stop,"
subtitle-91360-93050-19	"terminate the partnership."
subtitle-93070-99070-20	"These are all possible decisions we can make when we are at a decision point about the"
subtitle-99070-108450-21	"partnership. So, whenever we evaluate, whenever we have fresh"
subtitle-108450-113850-22	"data, it's an opportunity to refine and stabilize our project."
subtitle-114900-119880-23	"We have already documented some lessons that we've learned."
subtitle-120180-126720-24	"We can change the priorities or the scale of the investment that we make."
subtitle-126990-129270-25	"Should we have more events or fewer events?"
subtitle-129270-131550-26	"Should we target larger groups or smaller groups?"
subtitle-131940-134880-27	"Should we focus on more articles or less, etc.?"
subtitle-135810-140130-28	"There's all kinds of knobs that we can change one way or another."
subtitle-141720-143730-29	"We might need to change our timelines."
subtitle-143730-150600-30	"Maybe we had a too optimistic timeline, and it just can't be done in, say, two meetings."
subtitle-150600-156750-31	"Maybe we need four meetings to get through a certain amount of material."
subtitle-158170-160030-32	"Maybe we need to budget it differently."
subtitle-162300-171150-33	"But we can also, if things are going well, we can add to the robustness, the strength of"
subtitle-171150-178560-34	"a partnership by making sure that our transition plans are in place."
subtitle-178560-184380-35	"Meaning what happens if someone changes at the partner's side?"
subtitle-184770-191280-36	"Would the partnership just grind to a sudden halt, or is there some kind of plan about the"
subtitle-191280-197280-37	"next person taking over and knowing the context and having the documentation, etc.?"
subtitle-197910-202530-38	"It doesn't automatically happen everywhere and some Wikimedians have found that out the"
subtitle-202530-206310-39	"hard way. When they had a partnership, everything was going great."
subtitle-206310-210530-40	"And then suddenly someone changed on the partner's side and that's it."
subtitle-210540-213600-41	"Now the partner doesn't know us, doesn't care about us."
subtitle-213600-214770-42	"Everything is gone."
subtitle-218060-227000-43	"So it helps to protect our partnership from this fate by making sure that there is some"
subtitle-227000-231530-44	"kind of handover plan, some kind of transition plan on the partner's side and"
subtitle-231530-232790-45	"also on our side."
subtitle-234440-240080-46	"If you are always the person handling mass uploads, for example, and everyone knows"
subtitle-240080-243230-47	"you're the person who does mass uploads, what if you're unavailable?"
subtitle-243260-248930-48	"What if you're sick? What if you have some other life distraction?"
subtitle-249200-251240-49	"You have twins suddenly."
subtitle-251240-255110-50	"And everything else has to take a backseat because you've had twins."
subtitle-256700-259770-51	"What happens? Who handles the mass uploads?"
subtitle-260510-263510-52	"So these are what we call single points of failure."
subtitle-264170-269420-53	"And in order to have what we would call a robust partnership, we need a partnership"
subtitle-269420-276710-54	"that can withstand the loss or at least temporary unavailability of key people."
subtitle-276890-280550-55	"So you want to make sure that you are creating this redundancy."
subtitle-281090-283370-56	"Even if Asaf is usually handling mass uploads."
subtitle-284450-289310-57	"You know what? If Asaf is not available, then William can do it as well."
subtitle-291110-295380-58	"So even if usually it's the same person, it's good to have a backup, to have some"
subtitle-295380-301170-59	"redundancy, and to have a means of transferring the knowledge and the"
subtitle-301170-306750-60	"responsibility onwards to other people so that your partnership is robust, so that it"
subtitle-306750-309510-61	"can withstand these unexpected changes."