Technical Collaboration Guidance/Private planning

Ref: T123611

When is it appropriate to plan a product in private?

In a perfect world, all product development, all of it, should occur in public venues. However, there may be concrete reasons to plan a product in private given that this is not a perfect world. This page lists some reasons private product planning might be desired, and some comments on whether or not the reasons might be appropriate. These are intended as best practices, not mandates.

Reasons

 * Drafting on the talk page

Going public
If you have gone the route of private planning, your plan should also include when to go public, with the notion of "the sooner, the better."

Going public will probably need to mention the fact that the plan, or parts of it, have been prepared in private, and consider the need to discuss why this decision was made.