Wikimedia Technology/Annual Plans/FY2019/CDP2: Platform Evolution/CDP Budget Segment 8/Goals

=Program Goals and Status for FY18/19=

= Segment 8 is now folded into Segment 7 =

Segment 8 - Core Platform (WMDE)
 * Goal Owner: Corey Floyd
 * Program Goals for FY18/19: Empower the Wikimedia Foundation to accomplish its goals of Knowledge Equity and Knowledge as a Service by evolving and investing in our technology stack to improve its flexibility, maintainability, and sustainability
 * Annual Plan: Segment 8 - Core Platform (WMDE)
 * Primary Goal is Knowledge as a Service/Foundational Strength: Evolve our systems and structures



 = Q1 Goals =

Outcome 1 / Output 1.1
Engineers have a clear understanding of our technology stack and the plan to better scale, maintain and test it.
 * Architecture Spec for the WMF technology stack

Primary team: Core Platform / WMDE

Goal(s)

 * Gather, analyze and prioritize requirements, feedback, issues and documentation gaps from stakeholders in order to develop the architecture plan and prepare for Wikimedia Technical Conference

Status
July 2018

August 16, 2018

September 18, 2018
 * ✅ This goal is essentially done and is actively being used by the Program Committee to set the schedule.



=Q2 Goals =

Outcome 1 / Output 1.1
Engineers have a clear understanding of our technology stack and the plan to better scale, maintain and test it.
 * Architecture Spec for the WMF technology stack

Primary team: Core Platform

Goal(s)

 * Wikimedia Technical Conference: participate and analyze session output.

Status
October 2018
 * Discussed...

November 20, 2018 December 14, 2018
 * This is pretty much ✅ at this point and will be published soon.