Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

--- webteam.strategic_goals_requirements [2010/11/29 11:39] – minor language modifications to promote auxiliary supportive role jimcraner
+++ webteam.strategic_goals_requirements [2011/03/18 15:27] (current) – Deleted - Page moved aatre
@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-The Website Planning Team approved the following strategic goals and related requirements for a proposed Evergreen community website.
-==== Strategic Goal #1: Provide an easy-to-use, comprehensive portal supporting the community of Evergreen users, future users, and developers ====
-  * Requirement: Provide a community platform to help foster relationships between and among existing and future Evergreen users, libraries, and administrators
-  * Requirement: Provide a centralized location, as appropriate, for Evergreen feature information, documentation, and software downloads.
-  * Requirement: Provide a searchable directory of willing Evergreen community members and mentors.
-==== Strategic Goal #2:  Support growth of a healthy developer community ====
-  * Requirement: Provide additional effective platforms, where appropriate, for Evergreen developers to communicate with each other and with Evergreen users
-  * Requirement: Provide technical information needed by current and future Evergreen developers
-  * Requirement: Provide a mechanism for Evergreen users to share development plans, co-sponsor development projects, and learn how to submit development requests and bug reports
-  * Requirement: Provide opportunities for developers to get acknowledgement for their efforts on behalf of the Evergreen community.
-==== Strategic Goal #3:  Facilitate development of multi-faceted support network for Evergreen users. ====
-  * Requirement: Provide an effective platform that allows for multiple Evergreen support channels and relationships
-  * Requirement: Provide a directory of entities providing services to Evergreen users.
-  * Requirement: Ensure the barrier is low for communicating directly with developers and other Evergreen users
-==== Strategic Goal #4: Help encourage widespread adoption of Evergreen by the library community worldwide. ====
-  * Requirement: Provide a centralized location for information about Evergreen news and information
-  * Requirement: Provide evaluation, comparison, funding, and migration-related information for potential Evergreen implementers
-----
-//Content used for discussion prior to the requirements approved above included the following://
-For each strategic goal identified, one or more related requirements can be established.  For example:
-**Strategic goal: Encourage organic growth of the EG ecosystem.**
-//Related requirement: Provide a community platform to foster relationships between existing EG users, libraries, and administrators.//
-Notes:
-  * Strategic goals of the community members
-  * Strategic goals of the funding grant
-  * Strategic goals of other stakeholders
-Examples from original planning document:
-**Encourage use of revamped online resources by all audiences** => Provide a well-structured (user-friendly, easy to navigate) portal for all Evergreen audience groups
-**Encourage growth of a healthy developer community** => Provide an effective developer platform for EG developers
-**Encourage a vibrant, user-driven support community for the EG support process** => Provide an effective support platform with multiple support channels for EG users
-**Encourage organic growth of the EG ecosystem** => Provide a community platform to foster relationships between existing EG users, libraries, and administrators
-**Encourage widespread adoption, where appropriate, of EG software** => Provide a centralized location for EG- and migration-related information for potential EG implementers
-**Provide a one-stop portal for EG news and information** =>
-Kathy's strategic goals - I took Jim's advance and did not look at the examples when I came up with these, and you'll see there is some overlap.
-  * Facilitate a community support network for Evergreen users
-  * Encourage the Evergreen community to share activities and experiences.
-  * Provide a centralized location to share Evergreen news and events
-From IMLS Grant:
-  * Promote OSLS adoption by articulating the benefits to libraries.
-  * Increase participation in OSLS projects.
-  * Make open source conversions a viable option for public libraries by providing infrastructure elements related to planning, implementation, training, development, and support.
-  * Develop a new model of peer-to-peer support for open source libraries.
-Posted by June Rayner from [[http://digital.ni.com/express.nsf/bycode/groundswell08?opendocument&lang=en&node=seminar_US]]
-NI has three strategic community focus areas, including content exchange, technical collaboration, and rewards and reputation, which positively alter its relationship with engineers and scientists while accomplishing the following support-oriented objectives:
-  * Increase quantity, quality and diversity of user-submitted, support content
-  * Connect like-minded users based on geography, product, and application area to improve peer support network
-  * Obtain valuable feedback on NI products and services
-  * Energize and nurture core influencers
-  * Create a unified rewards program for community participation