Getting Back on Track
Governing Questions
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What's the goal of this (short-/mid-term)?
- We need a motivating, realistic, well-justified goal that is not as artificial as the stuff we are currently doing.
- Can we write a paper together - just any one's next paper - and drive the features by that paper?
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Are we doing too much process?
- Overwhelming answer: yes!
- Where can we shave away parts of the process?
- Are all process elements well-understood / well-practiced?
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Is "architecture by committee" a good idea?
- probably not
- What are other options?
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How can we streamline our discussions?
- We repeatedly get bogged down with minor issues and discuss them at length.
- How can we focus time and effort on essential things?
- Yes, a properly defined goal does help...
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How can we improve planning?
- We more or less randomly picked features w/o any context.
- We just did features for the sake of doing features.
- How can we improve?