On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 11:21 AM, janI <j...@apache.org> wrote: > On 1 March 2013 16:19, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > >> I apologize in advance for talking like a corporation. But I think >> there is some good things we can borrow from corporate thinking, and >> one is to discuss and adopt long-term strategic plans. The danger of >> not doing this is that continually focus on what is immediately in >> front of our eyes, working on short-term, urgent activities, but never >> accomplish the grand things that can only be done with a big effort >> over time. >> >> To me a strategic plan means we look at where things are today, what >> works, what doesn't. Then we step back and ask ourselves what our >> goals should be over the next few years. Maybe even the next year. >> But generally, thinking long-term, beyond the next release, beyond the >> activities that we already have on our plates. >> >> Developing a shared vision for where we want to go is critical to >> long-term success. >> >> As an example, I drafted some ideas on our websites and the challenges >> and opportunities there: >> >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Website+Strategic+Plan >> >> A very good initative, I do feel however that bugzilla and svn are also > part of of our "outside" image and should be included. >
If you have some ideas there, go ahead and add them. Or maybe they would be part of a "development process" strategic plan? There is going to be unavoidable overlap among the plans... > I agree discussing and developing a shared vision is a requirement for a > long term success, but it needs to be coupled with the available resources > and possibilities, otherwise we might come to a vision that is unrealistic. > I'm hoping these reinforce each other. Having a longer-term vision can help with recruitment as well. Some volunteers want small bite-sized things they can work on short term. But others are looking for something more exciting and substantial. So having a few big challenges is a good thing. Of course, we don't want science fiction either. I did avoid talking about the "semantic web" ;-) -Rob > rgds > Jan I. > >> I'd love to hear your thoughts, and see your improvements or corrections. >> >> I'd also encourage anyone who has an interest to draft a similar >> strategic plan for other areas, such as the AOO product itself, >> Documentation, Development process/Build, Marketing, etc. Note: part >> of this is being honest about what is not working well, as what is >> working well. So please be critical, but constructive. >> > > Regards, >> >> -Rob >> a
