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Expected Impact

Very high (5.0)

https://github.com/openedx/platform-roadmap/issues/167

Initiative ID

gov

• Define the scope of the working group

• Develop the governance model and the structure for the working group

• Outline the framework and process for making product decisions (for example: priotizing features, capturing opportunities from the community, etc.)

• There is an apparent leadership/strategy gap in the Open edX ecosystem in owning and managing the product lifecycle, and owning and articulating the product vision (including what the product does/doesn’t do today, what it will do/be in the future, etc.).

• There is no ongoing and organized effort to capture insights from the users and partners about how the platform needs to evolve and connecting that to the product vision and strategy.

• Due to a lack of a supporting process/sufficient designated members, product reviews in PRs can be blocked for a long time, hampering the community's ability to contribute improvements. The product working group can help address this gap.

In scope:

• Create, publish, and disseminate a charter for the product working group (WG structure, mandate, key processes, etc.)

• Formulate and document a framework/process for making decisions

Provisionally in scope:

• Initiative: introduce product management core contributors in order to directly include the community in the product management function

Out of scope:

• (…)

1. Charter

<TBD>

• Jenna Makowski

• Xavier Antoviaque

• Faqir Bilal

• ShellyU

Expected Impact

Very High

Scoped for BTR: https://github.com/openedx/platform-roadmap/issues/183

Initiative ID

WG-sup

• Provide guidance to align all working groups around the shared product vision/strategy

• Align Open edX Roadmap to BTR needs and get ahead of Olive release

• Support Marketing with clear product vision and roadmap/strategy language

• Triage issues with BTR and DEPR working groups

• As noted previously that a lack of product vision/strategy leads to challenges in defining the product roadmap for Open edX. The lack of share vision also leads to challenges for other working groups in startegizing and planning for their respective functional areas.

In scope:

• Create documents that outline the product vision and the product narrative and share them with the marketing group.

• With BTR, develop a shared framework for metadata and info required to inform Release Notes for tickets on the Community Roadmap. Develop a shared definition of “done” and “shipped”. Develop shared vocabularly for “supported”, “included”, etc. Ensure the workflows to define a Core Product Offering are translated/transferred to inform BTR flows. Develop small incremental goal/deliverable to improve Olive testing process.

Provisionally in scope:

• Review the existing marketing collateral in collaboration with the marketing WG to ensure alignment of the language and content with product vision and narrative.

Out of scope:

• (…)

<TBD>

• Dean Jay Mathew

• Jenna Makowski