Team Practices Group/Design engagement/Post-interview roadmap

= Goal =

Outcome

 * Shared understanding of the purpose of design at the WMF
 * Increased trust between design and its stakeholders
 * A sense of ownership, identity, and collective voice of design
 * The ability to collaboratively prioritize and execute on improvements for pain points relating to design at the WMF

Output

 * Collaboratively defined statement of purpose of design at the WMF, reflecting the input of design and its stakeholders.

= Why = There is no clearly defined or shared understanding of the purpose for design at the WMF. There are arguably as many different conceptions of ‘purpose’ as there are people in design-related roles and stakeholders to design. Without a clearly defined and shared understanding of purpose, it is impossible to identify, prioritize, and execute on areas in which to improve in a way that reflects the genuine need of the WMF and design-related constituents: we do not know what we are solving for. The process of collaboratively defining a statement of purpose with design and its stakeholders will address some of the overarching symptoms of current pain points: strengthening the shared voice of design, increasing a sense of ownership in resolving their challenges, as well as rebuilding trust between design and their stakeholders. Once we have a shared understanding of what we are trying to solve for, then we can identify the most important pain points and figure out how to resolve them in a way that serves the common purpose.

= Who =
 * Design
 * Design researchers
 * “Designers”
 * UX Engineers
 * Communications/Brand
 * Stakeholders
 * Audience heads
 * Product managers/owners
 * Software engineers
 * Facilitators
 * Team Practices Group
 * Primary: Arthur
 * Support: Grace

= Process roadmap and timeline = Dates are incorrect and need updating


 * 1) Design defines initial proposal of statement of purpose (2 wks; 1 July - 15 July)
 * 2) Collect design input
 * 3) Divide design into 2-3 workgroups
 * 4) workshop with each workgroup to brainstorm, prioritize, discuss
 * 5) Arthur + 1 rep from each workshop synthesizes, drafts statement
 * 6) Share draft statement w/ all of design
 * 7) Solicit further feedback/input
 * 8) If needed, refine statement til deemed ‘good enough’ by design
 * 9) Stakeholders provide input (2 wks, 15 July - 29 July)
 * 10) Asynchronously share draft statement with stakeholders
 * 11) Collect feedback from stakeholders
 * 12) Divide stakeholders into 2-3 workgroups
 * 13) Workshop/discuss with stakeholders + design representatives
 * 14) Arthur, design reps, reps from stakeholder workshops refine draft statement
 * 15) Share out with stakeholders and design
 * 16) If needed, refine statement til deemed ‘good enough’ by design and stakeholders
 * 17) Organization provides input (3 wks, 29 July - 12 August)
 * 18) Asynchronous period of comment and input on officewiki
 * 19) Statement refined to incorporate feedback
 * 20) Community provides input (3 wks, 12 August - 26 August)
 * 21) Asynchronous period of comment and input on metawiki
 * 22) Statement refined to incorporate feedback
 * 23) Statement finalized and published (31 August)
 * 24) Use statement to prioritize focus areas of improvement and define plan for improving top-prioritized area (TBD)

Additional thoughts/considerations
 * Strive to balance individual time investment with involvement in the process
 * Balance getting it done with getting it right
 * Be sensitive to feelings of wanting to get this ‘fixed’ NOW
 * Strive to preserve autonomy and ownership within the design group
 * Foster and maintain empathy between stakeholders and design