This is great news. Congratulations, Howie. SJ On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Howie Fung <hf...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Thanks everyone! I'm really looking forward to continuing to work with the > community & Foundation on some cool and important stuff! > > If anyone has any questions about the product group (e.g., what to expect, > how it's organized, how we work with the community and other groups), > please drop me a line. > > Howie > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Thehelpfulone <thehelpfulonew...@gmail.com >> wrote: > >> On 30 January 2012 18:26, Patricia Pena <pp...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >> >> > Congrats, Howie! >> > >> > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Erik Moeller <e...@wikimedia.org> >> wrote: >> > >> > > Hello all, >> > > >> > > It’s with great pleasure that I announce the promotion of Howie Fung >> > > to the position of Director of Product Development at the Wikimedia >> > > Foundation, effective February 1. >> > > >> > > Howie joined us in October 2009 as a consultant for usability >> > > projects, and became a permanent staff member in May 2010. Prior to >> > > Wikimedia, Howie was Senior Product Manager at Rhapsody, where he >> > > helped grow the music site's traffic five-fold within the the first >> > > year on the basis of extensive customer research, including web >> > > analytics, focus groups, user testing, and customer surveys. Prior to >> > > that, Howie was Product Manager at eBay, prioritizing features based >> > > on business objectives, usability studies, and economic impact. He >> > > has an MBA from The Anderson School at UCLA and a Bachelor of Science >> > > in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University. >> > > >> > > I’m really proud of all the work Howie’s done for Wikimedia since he’s >> > > joined, calmly and rationally introducing method where there was >> > > madness, always challenging us to increase our understanding of our >> > > communities and to use our limited resources for the projects that are >> > > likely to have the highest impact. In addition to the work he’s done >> > > on the Usability Initiative, he’s worked on a variety of projects, >> > > including the Editor Trends Study, the Former Contributors Survey, the >> > > Article Feedback Tool, Moodbar, and the Feedback Dashboard. We’re >> > > very lucky to have him in this new role. >> > > >> > > This announcement also means that we’re formally establishing a >> > > Product Development department at Wikimedia, which is part of the >> > > larger Engineering department. Product, in our context, means really >> > > digging into what we want our projects to look like in a year, in two >> > > years, in three years, and working together with software developers >> > > and architects, as well as across Wikimedia, to make that vision a >> > > reality. Our work will be organized along the following product >> > > areas: Editor Engagement, Mobile, Analytics, and >> > > Internationalization/Localization. >> > > >> > > The following staff and contractors will be part of the Product group, >> > > going forward: Phil Chang, Brandon Harris, Fabrice Florin, Diederik >> > > van Liere, Siebrand Mazeland, Dario Taraborelli, Oliver Keyes, and the >> > > new Interaction Designer, when hired. >> > > >> > > The Mobile team, which works on both mobile apps (such as the >> > > Wikipedia Android app) and the mobile web experience, is a good >> > > example of how this works in practice. It has Phil as a product owner >> > > (reporting to Howie), Tomasz as a scrum master and engineering >> > > director, and Patrick, Arthur, Max, and Yuvi as engineers (reporting >> > > to Tomasz). The team itself is the most important unit here: it drives >> > > the success of any given initiative. The connection into the Product >> > > Development group helps to ensure we follow a consistent strategy and >> > > coordinate efforts across the board. [1] >> > > >> > > This is an important step in our organizational development and will >> > > help us parallelize and coordinate product and engineering work more >> > > effectively. >> > > >> > > Please join me in congratulating Howie, and WMF. :-) >> > > >> > > All best, >> > > >> > > Erik >> > > >> > > [1] In case you’d like to learn more about agile product development >> > > and software engineering, this presentation is a good intro to scrum, >> > > a specific methodology we've started to use on a couple of teams: >> > > >> > >> http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/presentations/30-an-overview-of-scrum >> > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Erik Möller >> > > VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation >> > > >> > > Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately >> > > directed to Foundation-L, the public mailing list about the Wikimedia >> > > Foundation and its projects. 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