Phlogiston/Meeting Notes/2016-04-08-Roadmap

tl;dr: Joel, Kevin, and Kristen met to sketch out steps that will allow us to make an informed decision about the fate of Phlogiston. We came up with the framework for a proposal, determined next steps, and will continue discussing at a follow-on half-hour meeting. The juicy details follow.

Meeting Metadata
Meeting Description: Gathering of key Phlogistators past and present to discuss the steps to determine how to proceed with Phlogiston development.

Agenda: Decisions to be made: Decide how we will decide to proceed with Phlogiston development
 * Intro/framing
 * Discussion: How will we decide how to proceed with Phlogiston development?
 * Draft proposal for how to get to a decision and determine timeline
 * Review decisions made, next steps, and action items

Decision rule: Consensual twinkle

Who needs to know?: TBD

Meeting highlights
Proposal for deciding:


 * Lay out possible outcomes for the photo of Phlogiston
 * Cost/Benefit Analysis:
 * Quantify Benefits
 * Is Phlogiston valuable to Group Heads (Product, Tech,...) for planning and evaluation?
 * Is Phlogiston valuable for individual team planning and evaluation?
 * Quantify Costs
 * (for prototype to date): .33 TPG FTE (6-8 months), 1/10 of other support (devops, releng)
 * (for stable product): .5 TPG FTE for 1 year, ? other support
 * Timeline: before end of quarter, at latest
 * Decision rule for deciding: TBD

Next Steps

 * Type up and circulate meeting notes KL DONE
 * Schedule next 1/2 hour meeting JA DONE
 * Lay out possible outcomes KS T132366
 * Explore options for someone to help us do this research (e.g. in a product/market research capacity) (proposed) AWJR T132360
 * Enumerate possible customers for benefit evaluation (proposed) AWJR