Abstract Wikipedia team/Meetings plan

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Team-wide meetings[edit]

Below is the list of the Abstract Wikipedia team meetings, what they are about and who attends:

Abstract Wikipedia Team meetings plan, as of 2024-01-23
Meeting When Purpose Agenda Attendance
Product Lead Designer Product Analyst Engineering Manager Engineering Community Relations
Lead All
Weekly Team Meeting Weekly on Mon

45 mins

Share what we're each working on, how we’re feeling, align on our focus areas for the week
  •  How are you feeling and what are you working on this week?
  • Do you need help or clarification with something?
  • Any questions about what you should be working on?
  • Is there something you want to demo for feedback?
Weekly OKR Status Weekly on Thu

30 mins

Report on OKR status and contextualize work being done on the team. Identify and manage risks.
  • Report on OKR status, run through Asana board.
  • Identify risks, scope changes, decisions needed.
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KIT[1] Twice weekly on Tue and Thu

15 mins

Short updates. Anything that should be more visible to the rest of the team is moved to team comms.

This is an optional meeting.

  • What are you working on today?
  • Are you blocked on anything?
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Engineering Check-In Weekly on Wed

50 mins

The engineering team meets to show each other their current work and problem-solve.
  • Go over previous action items
  • Identify technical problems
  • Brainstorm solutions
  • Celebrate work that we’re proud of
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Retro Monthly on Wed

50 mins

Talk about what's working well, what's not working well, what we can improve, etc.
  • Kudos & shoutouts
  • What’s going well?
  • What can we improve?
  • What's confusing?


Social Weekly on Mon

30 mins

A "water-cooler" where the team can talk socially about their lives and bond.
  • Open agenda
  • Share in our collective humanity
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"Big Picture" Monthly Monthly on the last Tue

50 mins

A monthly meeting for the team to discuss "Big Picture" concepts around our work.
  • Who are we delivering for and why?
  • What could we be doing differently to make the world better?
  • How is language and cultural preservation going across humanity? Are there trends?
  • What's going on in the rest of the Internet that's relevant?
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Volunteers' Corner Monthly on the first Mon

30 mins

Informal space on the first Monday of the month for volunteers and the AW team members for pairing, code review, talking about what volunteers have achieved or how to approach a task, which task is best to pick up next, etc.
  • Open agenda
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Natural Language Generation SIG[2] Twice weekly

30 mins

Face to face time with volunteers and AW team members working on or interested in Natural Language Generation.
  • Discuss work blockers / risks
  • Emerging topics
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Legend:

  • "✅" = attendance expected
  • "〰️" = attendance optional
  1. KIT = Keeping In Touch meeting
  2. SIG = Special Interest Group meeting