Design/Archive/Wikimedia User Interface/Goals FAQ

This is a page where we document a few questions and answers on how the UI Standardization team decide on its team priorities and goals

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What was the process of this goals setting?
 * We, the UI standardization team, spoke with teams within the Wikimedia foundation who produce front-end user interfaces
 * 1) We got the foundation teams to write down in their current work, their challenges and needs around achieving UI consistency. This is documented here.
 * 2) We gathered the feedback from #2 and synthesize them to find common patterns in needs and challenges This is documented here under "Reading, Editing, and Search/Discovery teams (Sept 15, 2015)";
 * 3) We presented the summary findings (under "Reading, Editing, and Search/Discovery teams (Sept 15, 2015)") and got teams to prioritize them with involvement of their product manager, developers and designers. The goal of this prioritization is to make sure that teams are working in-sync as much as possible so we're all working on the priorities that are most important to us;
 * 4) We totaled up the scores, 3 being the highest priority and 1 being the lowest in priority, taking in consideration of the "Applicability" and "Relative impact" of these tasks. The results are documented here in the "Grand total" column.

What does "Applicability" mean?

Applicability is determined by

What does "Relative Impact" mean?

Relative impact is determined by

Who was involved in this goals setting?

Reading team, Editing team, Search/Discovery team, Analytics team, Communication team, Community Tech team, Community Resources team, Design Research team, and feedback gathered from initial user research.

Who should be involved in this goals setting?

Teams and community who produce work that influence and change the look and feel or Wikimedia's user interface should be involved in this goals setting.

How can I be involved in this goals setting?

What does "Dependencies" mean?

What can be improved from this process?