Wikimedia Engineering/2016-17 Q3 Goals

Purpose of this document: Goals for the Wikimedia Technology and Product Development department, for the second quarter of fiscal year 2016–17 (January 2017 – March 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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= Product =

Discovery
Our mission is to make the wealth of knowledge and content in the Wikimedia projects easily discoverable.

The below goals are a collection of proposals for the team, and are subject to change. The goals which the team ends up picking may or may not be represented in the below list. They are listed here for transparency and public comment. Please note that the below proposals are not goals which have been committed to at this stage.

Goal setting process owner: Dan Garry

Analysis
The Discovery Department's Analysis Team leads the Discovery Department in experimental design, data collection, and data analysis.

Editing
Goal setting process owner: User:Trevor Parscal (WMF)

The Editing Department build collaborative, inclusive tools for creating and editing free knowledge.

UI Standardization
Goal setting owner: User:VEckl_(WMF)

Fundraising Tech
Goal setting process owner: User:Khorn_(WMF)

Reading
= Technology =

Analytics
Goal setting process owner: Nuria Ruiz

Architecture
Goal-setting process owner:  Rob Lanphier

Performance
Goal-setting process owner: Ori Livneh

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.

The following is a summary of the Performance Team Goals.

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.

Research & Data
Goal setting process owner: Dario Taraborelli

Security
Goal setting process owner: Darian Patrick

Services
Goal setting process owner: Gabriel Wicke