Proposal: The New Fedora Marketing

[Paul W. Frields]

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 06:18:02PM -0500, Jack Aboutboul wrote:
> The proposed solution:
>
> A better, calendar based, workflow!  The reality is that our workflow is  
> cyclical in nature, it is based on a release schedule and we have mostly  
> the same, or a majority of similar tasks/milestones that need to be done  
> for each release.  If we shift our current workflow and task tracking to  
> a similar scheme, it may be easier for us to stay on top of things and  
> operate more efficiently.  It also allows us to have clear "due dates"  
> for each item, and have it clearly marked with an owner.  Right off the  
> bat I see us knocking out two of our major issues.  Plus, clarity when it 
> comes to responsibility and accountability will facilitate better  
> communications amongst ourselves.  Also, I propose that part of this  
> schedule system includes 2-3 meetings with members of the other relevant  
> projects, and this way, anything that hinges on us for them, or them on  
> us, will be clearly defined, we achieve mutual understanding, and can  
> delegate those tasks to people in Marketing.
>
> So for example, we start out at T-Minus 6 weeks from the alpha, have  
> everything necessary from that until the alpha on a grid marked with a  
> task, date, owner.  Same for Beta, same for GA.  A Good example can be  
> found at John Poelstra's Schedule Pages found here  
> http://poelstra.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-11/ .
>
> Also, this should all be kept under  
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/Schedule with trailing  
> /releasever and an anchor from that main page to whatever the current  
> release is.

+1 to Karsten's suggestion.  Make sure we're following the wiki
guidelines for pages so that when someone searches, they get what they
need to participate.

As for the overall solution, IMHO the schedule for release-based tasks
does need to be coordinated with the other teams on the release
calendar, so +1 to that.  

I thought this was something the group had more or less agreed at a
previous meeting, but I could be wrong.  If we do have consensus, then
we need to see real dates pronto and start dealing with concrete "to
do" items.  Maybe set a time limit on discussion of the plan in
today's meeting, and then move on to turning it into action items that
can be assigned and achieved.

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