Getting Back on Track

Governing Questions

• 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?

• 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?

• Is "architecture by committee" a good idea?

  • probably not
  • What are other options?

• 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...

• 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?