Wikimedia Product/Better use of data

The Better Use of Data program aims to ensure a more reliable, efficient, and accessible means of collecting, interpreting, and sharing data.

Annual plans

 * FY 2018-2019

Subprojects

 * Data collection: Instrumentation

August 2018

 * 28-August-2018: Better Use of Data memo discussed between Audiences management and Analytics Engineering - figuring out division of labor, timelines, etc. Audiences is standardizing for FY 2018-2019 on Superset, Jupyter notebooks (SWAP/PAWS), and Turnilo. The working group has further iterated on the DACI for instrumentation. Data engineer recruiting continues. Wiki segmentation ideas being generated (see T188391).
 * 7-August-2018: Working group met. DACI going through final review. Provisional FY 18-19 reporting tool approach identified; this helps clarify part of the training curriculum for Output 2.1: Measurement expectations.

July 2018

 * 30-July-2018: DACI shared more broadly. Not setting up specific Phabricator board yet. Work group participants identified, first meeting scheduled.
 * 3-July-2018: DACI shared with managers for first review. Looking into setting up a Phabricator board. Work group participants still being identified.

June 2018

 * Annual plan updated
 * Marshall Miller is writing a memo with recommendations
 * Request for participants on working group issued
 * Roadmap formed