December 19, 2023 - Core Product Meeting notes

Meeting notes

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Summary (autogenerated)

Core Product WG

Summary (generated)

  • Product proposal review process and release planning. 2:40

    • Jenna updates the product proposal process and guidelines for the Open edX community.

    • Jenna invites the group to review and provide feedback on proposals for new Redwood features.

    • Jenna announces a kickoff meeting in January for a new release planning group to align VTR and product teams, involve more community stakeholders, and streamline communications.

  • Centralizing MFE feature release management. 7:54

    • Xavier Antoviaque mentions issues with MFE release and scrambling at the last minute to ensure everything works correctly.

    • Xavier suggests a centralized person to ensure new features meet project criteria, potentially filling a product review process gap.

  • Product requirements and release planning. 11:51

    • Xavier Antoviaque and Speaker 1 discuss the need for products to be more involved in the MFE process and the importance of clear guidelines for what MFE standards and NFV needs to meet.

    • Xavier and Jenna also discuss the possibility of landing the planning of the next release in the context of a specific release, and how this could create urgency for the MFE process.

  • Product releases and documentation. 15:02

    • Xavier Antoviaque and Jenna discuss the need for a set of guidelines for product releases, including release notes, demonstration videos, and technical documentation.

    • They propose starting with the product working group in the product review process to create a separate list for each product release, with input from both product and technical leads.

    • Jenna and Xavier discuss guidelines for product releases and MFP inclusion in Redwood.

Agenda