Community Management Road Map (Archived)

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This document will soon be updated with 2014 Community Management team priorities.

2013 Focus Areas

  • Governance: Establish and implement "initial" governance models and evaluate based upon community feedback
  • Communication: Establish a communication program for key contributors (e.g., blogs and other social media) and evaluate effectiveness
  • Community Metrics: Identify key metrics for community health (e.g., code, documentation, communications, meetings, satisfaction ratings, etc.) and publish regular reports on status
  • Events: Produce 1 global conference and at least 2 regional/global hackathons
  • Engineering Support:

January - March 2013

Focus AreaGoal
GovernanceProject and non-profit organizational structure
CommunicationImplement recognition programs for contributors
CommunicationClarify roles of contributors/volunteers, users/customers
Engineering SupportTechnology and community support for implementation of continuous delivery (CD) processes, tools, and techniques by engineering team, and evaluate CD effectiveness

April - June 2013

Focus AreaGoal
GovernanceGovernance processes (technical project groups, roadmap processes, issue/dispute handling)
Community MetricsRegular periodic reporting on community activities, initial "field test" to uncover most useful metrics
Communication

Establish initial contributor "career path"

EventsPlan and organize documentation hackathon/sprint
Engineering SupportTechnology and community support for implementation of continuous delivery (CD) processes, tools, and techniques by engineering team, and evaluate CD effectiveness

July - September 2013

Focus AreaGoal
GovernanceExplore, develop, and propose potential membership & partnership structures
Community MetricsIterate/evolve metrics based on usefulness feedback
Community MetricsTake action to improve at least 1 key area of community health and evaluate
CommunicationEstablish program for regional contributor representation & points of contact
Engineering SupportTechnology and community support for implementation of continuous delivery (CD) processes, tools, and techniques by engineering team, and evaluate CD effectiveness

October - December 2013

Focus AreaGoal
GovernanceExplore, develop, and propose potential membership & partnership structures
Events2013 OpenMRS Implementers Meeting
Events2013 OpenMRS Hackathon
CommunicationPublish regular periodic customer profiles
Community MetricsIterate/evolve metrics based on usefulness feedback
Community MetricsTake action to improve at least 1 key area of community health and evaluate