Phlogiston/Meeting Notes/2016-04-08-Roadmap

tl;dr: Joel, Kevin, and Kristen met to sketch out steps that will allow us to make an informed decision about the fate of Phlogiston. We came up with the framework for a proposal, determined next steps, and will continue discussing at a follow-on half-hour meeting. The juicy details follow.

Meeting Metadata

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Meeting Description: Gathering of key Phlogistators past and present to discuss the steps to determine how to proceed with Phlogiston development.

Agenda:

  • Intro/framing
  • Discussion: How will we decide how to proceed with Phlogiston development?
    • Draft proposal for how to get to a decision and determine timeline
  • Review decisions made, next steps, and action items

Decisions to be made: Decide how we will decide to proceed with Phlogiston development

Decision rule: Consensual twinkle

Who needs to know?: TBD

Meeting highlights

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Proposal for deciding:

  • Lay out possible outcomes for the photo of Phlogiston
  • Cost/Benefit Analysis:
    • Quantify Benefits
      • Is Phlogiston valuable to Group Heads (Product, Tech,...) for planning and evaluation?
      • Is Phlogiston valuable for individual team planning and evaluation?
    • Quantify Costs
      • (for prototype to date): .33 TPG FTE (6-8 months), 1/10 of other support (devops, releng)
      • (for stable product): .5 TPG FTE for 1 year, ? other support
  • Timeline: before end of quarter, at latest
  • Decision rule for deciding: TBD

Next Steps

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  • Type up and circulate meeting notes KL DONE
  • Schedule next 1/2 hour meeting JA DONE
  • Lay out possible outcomes KS T132366
  • Explore options for someone to help us do this research (e.g. in a product/market research capacity) (proposed) AWJR T132360
  • Enumerate possible customers for benefit evaluation (proposed) AWJR