User:DTankersley (WMF)/CTO Roles

The purpose of this list is to help people working with the CTO office to understand what the CTO office is responsible for, what it can help them with, and who on the team they should contact.

Primary
Members of the CTO team, individually or together, are responsible for the following activities, either as the primary doer, or as the primary coordinator.


 * Manage the CTO's schedule
 * Plan and support the CTO's travel
 * Support CTO in communicating with Tech Managers, Tech department, and WMF
 * Troubleshoot budget issues, and Tech Department point of contact with Finance & Admin
 * Tech Department Process Improvement
 * Conference Program Organization
 * Conference Travel Planning
 * Support teams planning goals and deliverables
 * Manage Annual Planning
 * Manage Quarterly Check-ins
 * Manage Technical Committee agenda and workflow
 * Attend Scrum of Scrums
 * Communicate with other Departments
 * Track Teams' progress on goals
 * Facilitate Weekly Tech Manager Meeting
 * Manage staffing issues (track staff, contractors, and vacancies; report on hiring progress; manage org structure changes)
 * Improve hiring processes
 * Financial assessment, and coordination with Finance and Admin
 * Preparing Presentations (esp. for Board and C-Team)
 * Collect and Edit Weekly Department status reports
 * Report on Engagement Surveys

Additional capabilities
Members of the CTO team are not primarily responsible for, but are available to help with the following upon request:


 * Vendor communication


 * Meeting Facilitation


 * Retrospective Surveys and Facilitation


 * Planning Team and Manager off-sites
 * Represent the Tech Department or the CTO in WMF activities