Wikimedia Technology/Goals/2017-18 Q1

Purpose of this document: Goals for the Wikimedia Technology department, for the first quarter of fiscal year 2017–18 (July 2017 – September 2017). The goal setting process owner in each section is the person responsible for coordinating completion of the section, in partnership with the team and relevant stakeholders.

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Analytics Engineering
Goal setting process owner: Nuria Ruiz

Performance & Availability
Speed is Wikipedia's killer feature. ("Wiki" means "quick" in Hawaiian.) As the Wikimedia Foundation’s Performance team, we want to create value for readers and editors by making it possible to retrieve and render content at the speed of thought, from anywhere in the world, on the broadest range of devices and connection profiles.

Goal-setting process owner:

Release Engineering
Goal setting process owner: Greg Grossmeier

Research
In Wikimedia Research we use qualitative and quantitative methods to provide strategic insights and technological solutions to the movement and the Foundation, to foster innovation and to inform the development of new products.

Goal setting process owner: Dario Taraborelli

Security
Goal setting process owner: Darian Patrick

Services
Goal setting process owner: Gabriel Wicke

Technical Operations
Goal setting process owner: Mark Bergsma