webteam:idea_percolator_workflow
Idea Percolator Workflow (Draft)
- User comes up with great idea for improving Evergreen.
- User searches percolator to see if the idea has already been suggested or is being implemented.
- User submits the idea, also using tag or category to identify cases where the user is willing to contribute funds, but is seeking co-sponsors or is planning to fund it, but is first seeking community feedback.
- Once submitted, percolator analyzes keywords to determine if it may be a duplicate. Presents possible duplicates to users.
- Is it a duplicate?
- Yes, go to step 6.
- No. User completes submission
- Community maintainers and other interested individuals are alerted of the new submission.
- Aware of similar idea or ongoing project (check Git Repository and Launchpad as well as doublecheck Percolater)?
- Yes, adds an explanatory comment with a link to the ongoing project, possibly changing the status of the idea to cancelled.
- Others interested in the enhancement cast a vote for the idea and add comments/use cases for how it might be implemented in their organization.
- Ideas with the most votes/activity float to the top of the percolator.
- Idea moves forward (or not) in one of the following ways:
- Developer with similar interest or looking for projects to get started in Evergreen adopts an idea. Changes the status to “under development.” Idea moves into Launchpad as a wishlist item with more technical details about implementation.
- Organization with sufficient funding contracts with developer/vendor to implement. Status is changed to under development.
- Organization decides it is willing to contribute funds to the idea, but needs co-sponsors. Changes category or tag to “seeking co-sponsors.”
- Idea gets no funding or development support. Sinks to the bottom of the percolator.
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webteam/idea_percolator_workflow.txt · Last modified: 2022/02/10 13:34 by 127.0.0.1