Lack of Planning not Governance is the Problem

[Valorie Zimmerman]

Thanks for raising this issue, Svetlana.

On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 9:04 AM, Svetlana Belkin <belkinsa at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On 12/05/2014 11:48 AM, Ian Weisser wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for raising the topic of the basic management cycle (plan ->
>> execute -> assess -> plan). It's a handy tool to have in your pocket for
>> a wide variety of endeavors.
>>
>> It's a _management_ cycle, not a leadership cycle. The leader role is to
>> communicate and motivate within that framework: "Hey, we're going to
>> assess the last quarter's work now."

In the case of Kubuntu, we all do that. Using the Trello cards,
especially towards the end of the cycle, some cards are clearly not
going to be done, or only partly done. At that point they are either
split or moved to "Postponed" - or dropped altogether.

> Duh, I forgot.  I know this is a Ubuntu Leadership team issue, but I want to
> throw it out the rest: you think the Ubuntu Leadership team could expend and
> also train managers.  Or should that be a different team but the Leadership
> team can over see it?  I was thinking that this new half or team could host
> their own mentoring program to train managers.
>
>> [SNIP]
>> b) Perhaps we should assess how effective the UOS tools are for these
>> types of sessions. If some teams are not using blueprints, etherpads,
>> and UOS hangouts, then why not? How can UOS improve it's tools to make
>> UOS the preferred place for teams to do this work?

In Kubuntu, we do NOT like using non-free tools such as Hangouts.
Because we are part of the Ubuntu Community, we do always do some
presentation sessions, but for planning we use Trello, IRC and
sometimes Mumble. Plus we try to meet in person for sprints and
annually in conjunction with KDE's Akademy.

This is how we make up for the loss of UDS, and it has added and
obvious good points for staying closer to our "upstream." This year we
were able to meet with Debian at Akademy and a sprint both.

vUDS/UOS is simply not a replacement for face to face meetings.

Valorie

> I think we should assess this.  Maybe the UOS organizers, and perhaps even
> the track leads, could write up a survey that focuses on this issue and send
> it out the ones who came to the UOS.
>
> We can also survey the teams that didn't do any sessions, if that is
> possible.
>
>> Could this be a mere training issue for some team members? What skills
>> and roles should teams consider to get the most out of UOS?
>
>
> I think we need to look into these two questions and seek solutions.
> --
> Svetlana Belkin
> A.K.A: belkinsa
> User Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/belkinsa

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