back-on-track-2018-04-11.md

+# 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?
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