User:Memeht/Improving the Wikimedia Performance Portal/Progress Reports

This page will house all Reports and links to blog posts, code samples created during the FOSS-OPW Internship.

Community Bonding Report
Unfortunately, since being selected as an FOSS-OPW Intern, I have not been in contact with my mentors as they have been in the middle of deploying high-impact Wikimedia features.
 * How was your landing and your first meeting(s) with your mentors?

Due to the relatively short timeframe of the Internship, I focused on on-boarding from my end. This included conducting further research on Wikimedia Operating and Performance Goals, Wikimedia network architecture, Best Practices for Performance Management metrics (from high volume organizations like Google and New Relic), and Dashboard Design Fundamentals.

I created a Functional Specification draft,identified improvements to the dashboards displayed on GDash and completed an Introductory Tutorial to Grafana.

As previously mentioned, I have not been in contact with my mentors so this process has yet to be finalized.
 * What is the way of working that you have agreed? (tools in use, communication channels, meetings…)

In my proposal, I noted my work/learning style, and I am sure that after meeting with my mentors, we will be able to develop a working process.


 * Lessons learned since you applied for this OPW round and since you were accepted.
 * Fundamental use-case of Dashboards: As a tool to communicate insights, not necessarily for in-depth, on-the-spot analysis.
 * Different logging mechanisms used in Wikimedia's Platform.
 * Gained a better context of the metrics being displayed on GDash.
 * Need to document data flows in order to provide context for data.
 * Understood how Phabricator works


 * See Project Phabricator Page