Engagement/MDN Durable Team
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Overview
We are the MDN (Mozilla Developer Network) durable team. See the main MDN wiki page for MDN's mission, vision, and KPI.
Team Members
| Role | Name | Area |
|---|---|---|
| Team Lead | Kadir Topal | |
| Makers | ||
| Content | William Bamberg | WebExtensions |
| Chris Mills | Content Lead and Learning area | |
| Florian Scholz | Web | |
| Eric ("Sheppy") Shepherd | Everything | |
| Web development | Stephanie Hobson | Front-end |
| John Whitlock | Back-end | |
| Ryan Johnson | Back-end | |
| Schalk Neethling | Front-end | |
| QA | Matthew Brandt | |
Accountability
Objectives and Key Results
What are Objectives and Key Results?
2017 Objectives and Q2 Key Results
| Marketing 2017 Objective | Marketing 2017 Key Result / MDN 2017 Objective | MDN Q2 Key Results (with links to project documents) |
|---|---|---|
| On a survey of developers in key markets (NoAm, India, Germany), 25% view Mozilla as highly influential, up from 18% in most recent study. | MDN is rated as the second most valuable resource for developers on a survey that asks Developers to rate MDN, Stack Overflow and w3schools among others. / Increase number of successful sessions 40% year/year. |
|
| 80%#1 of MDN visitors understand that MDN is powered by Mozilla (baseline: 52%) | * Initiate the separation between open web and Mozilla-specific documentation by moving at least one out of 24 product-specific projects out of MDN | |
| The number of developers who self-report as testing and debugging for Firefox is 70%. | At least 1 editor offers integrated access to MDN compat data by end of 2017 | |
| Increase the first quartile#2 of 3-week contributor retention to 3% from 1.48% (2016-H2 baseline). |
- 80% target is our understanding of what will lead to desired impact. Actual target will be decided once 2017 brand strategy (another Key Result in Q1) is defined.
- That is, 75% of cohorts have 3-week retention rates above this value. The 3-week mark was chosen to be about a month, while fitting with our sprint cadence.
Sprint Schedule
| Task Board | Start | End | Demo/Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Q2 | |||
| Sprint 1 | April 3 | April 18 | |
| Sprint 2 | April 24 | May 9 | |
| Sprint 3 | May 15 | May 30 | |
| Sprint 4 | June 5 | June 20 | |
| 2017 Q1 | |||
| Sprint 0 | January 9 | January 24 | No demo; the MDN team started early, so work before Sprint 1's official start is "Sprint 0". |
| Sprint 1 | January 25 | February 7 | demo summary |
| Sprint 2 | February 13 | February 28 | demo slides; demo summary |
| Sprint 3 | March 6 | March 21 | demo summary; slides about User Testing |
| 2016 Q4 | |||
| Sprint 1 | 10 October | 25 October | Demo |
| Sprint 2 | 31 Oct | 15 Nov | Demo |
| Sprint 3 | November 21 | December 2 | No demo due to All-Hands |
| Sprint 4 | December 12 | December 30 | No demo, due to lots of PTO |
| 2016 Q3 | |||
| Sprint 1 | 27 June | 12 July | Demo |
| Sprint 2 | 18 July | 2 August | |
| Sprint 3 | 8 August | 23 August | Demo |
| Sprint 4 | 29 August | 13 September | Demo |
| Sprint 5 | 19 September | 4 October | Demo |
| 2016 Q2 | |||
| Sprint 1 | 25 April | 10 May | Demo |
| Sprint 2 | 16 May | 31 May | Demo |
| Sprint 3 | Mini-sprint weeks of 6-10 and 20-24 June | ||
Relevant Links
- Per-sprint user stories
- MDN Durable team processes
- Agile glossary
- MDN backlog in Taiga
- 2016 MDN Roadmap: Epics by theme and timeframe
- 2016 Initial product backlog
Meetings
Sprint Meetings:
| Meeting | Time and Days | Attendees | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sprint Planning, Full Team Review | Every third Thursday, 8:30am PT Planning meetings with sub-teams take place earlier in the same week. |
Core Team required | Stakeholders may listen in. This meeting lasts as long as it takes. |
| Daily Stand-Up (15 minutes only) |
8:30am Pacific daily
|
Relevant core team required | Anyone is welcome to listen, but only core team members speak. All questions from non-core team members should be taken offline with Kadir or Vik. |
| Mid-sprint check-in | every third Tuesday, 8:30 PT | Core team required | High-level check of how the sprint is going, adjustments that need to be made immediately, and progress toward completing the committed user stories for the sprint. |
| Sprint Demo Meeting | every third Monday, 9:00am PT | Everyone welcome | The team will show the work completed in the sprint. It's a place to ask questions and give feedback. |
| Sprint Retrospective Meeting | every third Wednesday, starting on May 11 | Core Team only | No one else is invited to this meeting. |
- Unless otherwise specified, all team meetings will be in Vik's Vidyo room.
Non-Sprint MDN Meetings:
(All times Pacific)
- MDN Weekly Dev Planning: Mondays, 10:00AM
- MDN Content Coordination meeting: Tuesdays, 9.00AM
- MDN Weekly Doc Request Triage: Tuesdays, 9:30AM
- MDN Opportunity Review: Wednesdays, 9:00AM
- MDN Weekly Bug Swat: Fridays, 8:00AM
See full calendar for dates and participation info.
Communication Channels
- Email: mdn-team@mozilla.com
- IRC: #mdn and #mdndev are our main channels (public conversations) / #team-awesome for private conversations.
- Discussion forum: MDN category on Discourse