Wikimedia Engineering/2016-17 Q1 Goals

Purpose of this document: Goals for the Wikimedia Technology and Product Development department, for the first quarter of fiscal year 2016–17 (July 2016 –September 2016). 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.

Status fields can use the following templates:, , ❌, ✅ or

ETA fields may use the initialism EOQ (End of Quarter).

= Product =

Discovery
We build the anonymous path of discovery to a trusted and relevant source of knowledge.

Our focus will be on building on-top of our anonymous and trusted search stack to improve relevancy, expose additional content and leverage locally relevant knowledge.

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

Maps & Geo
Goal setting process owner: Yuri Astrakhan

Analysis
The Discovery Department's Analysis Team leads the Discovery Department in experimental design, data collection, and data analysis. In light of reduced capacity due to the departure of one of our two analysts, this quarter the team will not have its own goals, instead allocating itself as required to achieve the goals for Discovery listed in the other subsections.

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

The Editing Department build collaborative, inclusive tools for creating and editing free knowledge. Each team is working toward the department's annual goals which are currently being finalized.

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

Technical work supporting the Wikimedia Foundation's fundraising efforts.

Community Tech
Goal setting process owner: Danny Horn

Team focused on meeting the needs of active Wikimedia contributors for improved, expert-focused curation and moderation tools.

Team Practices Group
Goal setting process owner: Kristen Lans

The Team Practices Group (TPG) supports the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) teams in their continual improvement.

Mission: TPG believes that healthy teams reliably deliver customer value and innovative products. Through dedicated resourcing, coaching, and workshops at the Wikimedia Foundation, we facilitate the use of practices that support team health, with a strong emphasis on creating conditions of clarity, trust, and continuous improvement.

= Technology =

Analytics Engineering
Goal setting process owner: Nuria Ruiz

These goals are preliminary until the end of June 2016

Feedback can be sent to analytics@lists.wikimedia.org (public e-mail list)

Architecture
Goal-setting process owner:  Rob Lanphier

Performance & Availability
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.

Security
Goal setting process owner: Darian Patrick

More details at Wikimedia Security Team/Goals 2016-2017

Services
Goal setting process owner: Gabriel Wicke